Synset

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 52

sample sentences

"He moved his hand slightly to the right"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move movement motion

antonym

also see

semantic pointers

hyponym

move involuntarily, move reflexively quicken stretch, stretch out snap, click, flick flex, bend spread, propagate reach, reach out putter around, putter, potter, potter around dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe drop back hit the dirt, hit the deck gravitate fly give way, give, move over, ease up, yield cut to pitch, lurch, shift jolt, jar duck bob wallow, welter twist, writhe, squirm, wriggle, wrestle, worm wobble, coggle sidle, sashay sidle sweep, sail sweep, brush wamble, waggle chop reciprocate move back and forth nod pulsate, beat, quiver beat, thump, pound teeter, seesaw, totter hitch, buck, jerk tilt, cant, cant over, slant, pitch careen, wobble, shift, tilt churn, boil, moil, roil slip, steal shake, agitate vibrate jerk, twitch flip, twitch click, snap stir, budge, shift, agitate arouse, stir dance stumble, trip falter, waver flap, wave, roll, undulate mill, mill about, mill around turn start, jump, startle mope, mope around mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, hop on, bestride climb strike out leap, jump, spring, bound bolt get down take, assume, take up, strike seesaw get out, go out, leave, exit part, split, separate diverge list, lean tumble, whirl, whirl around close, come together bustle, bustle about, hustle fidget linger, dawdle flinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail, squinch, funk lunge, thrust, hurl, hurtle swoop flow, flux flow, run, feed, course flurry streak heave crash thunder snap beat, flap fling hop turn dodge dodge throw make way dance grab cut close jump, leap, jump off slip