move | the act of deciding to do something, he didn't make a move to help, his first move was to hire a lawyer |
move | (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game |
chess move | the act of moving a chess piece |
move relocation | the act of changing your residence or place of business, they say that three moves equal one fire |
first step initiative opening move opening | the first of a series of actions |
motion movement move | the act of changing location from one place to another, police controlled the motion of the crowd, the movement of people from the farms to the cities, his move put him directly in my path |
motion movement move motility | a change of position that does not entail a change of location, the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise, movement is a sign of life, an impatient move of his hand, gastrointestinal motility |
date rape | rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together) |
date bar | fruit bar containing chopped dates |
date bread | bread containing chopped dates |
date-nut bread | bread containing chopped dates and nuts |
date | sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed |
jujube Chinese date Chinese jujube | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
date appointment engagement | a meeting arranged in advance, she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date |
blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |
double date | a date in which two couples participate |
dateline date line International Date Line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the th meridian |
blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) |
date escort | a participant in a date, his date never stopped talking |
date palm Phoenix dactylifera | tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit |
date plum Diospyros lotus | an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes |
date | the present, they are up to date, we haven't heard from them to date |
maturity maturity date due date | the date on which an obligation must be repaid |
date day of the month | the specified day of the month, what is the date today? |
date | a particular day specified as the time something happens, the date of the election is set by law |
future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
rain date | an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date, the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday |
sell-by date | a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
date | the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred, he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class |
date particular date | a particular but unspecified point in time, they hoped to get together at an early date |
epoch date of reference | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
move involuntarily move reflexively | move in an uncontrolled manner |
be active move | be in a state of action, she is always moving |
move | go or proceed from one point to another, the debate moved from family values to the economy |
move go run | progress by being changed, The speech has to go through several more drafts, run through your presentation before the meeting |
date | assign a date to, determine the (probable) date of, Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings |
date | provide with a dateline, mark with a date, She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated |
dateline datemark date-mark | mark with a date and place, dateline a newspaper article |
date date stamp | stamp with a date, The package is dated November |
move make a motion | propose formally, in a debate or parliamentary meeting |
move go | have a turn, make one's move in a game, Can I go now? |
motivate actuate propel move prompt incite | give an incentive for action, This moved me to sacrifice my career |
affect impress move strike | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon, This child impressed me as unusually mature, This behavior struck me as odd |
move | arouse sympathy or compassion in, Her fate moved us all |
move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion, He moved his hand slightly to the right |
travel go move locomote | change location, move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically, How fast does your new car go?, We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus, The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect, The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell, news travelled fast |
move over give way give ease up yield | move in order to make room for someone for something, The park gave way to a supermarket, `Move over,' he told the crowd |
move displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense, Move those boxes into the corner, please, I'm moving my money to another bank, The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant |
move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment, We moved from Idaho to Nebraska, The basketball player moved from one team to another |
move in | move into a new house or office |