Synonyms of the word move


MOVEACT - ACTUATE - ADVISE - AFFECT - ALTER - CAUSE - CHANGE - CONCLUSION - DECISION - DETERMINATION - DISPLACE - DO - GO - IMPRESS - INCITE - LIVE - LOCOMOTE - MAKE - MOTILITY - MOTION - MOTIVATE - MOVE - MOVEMENT - PLAY - PROCEED - PROMPT - PROPEL - PROPOSE - RELOCATION - RUN - SELL - STRIKE - SUGGEST - TRAVEL - TURN - VARY

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

act

  • n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  • n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  • n. The process of doing something.
  • n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  • n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  • n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  • n. (countable) Any organized activity.
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  • n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  • v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • v. (transitive) To play (a role).
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

actuate

  • v. (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  • v. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

advise

  • v. (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
  • v. (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.
  • v. (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.

affect

  • v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
  • v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
  • v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
  • v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
  • n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
  • n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
  • n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

cause

  • n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
  • n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
  • n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
  • n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
  • n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
  • n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
  • v. To set off an event or action.
  • v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
  • v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

conclusion

  • n. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
  • n. The outcome or result of a process or act.
  • n. A decision reached after careful thought.
  • n. (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
  • n. (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
  • n. (law) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
  • n. (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

decision

  • n. The act of deciding.
  • n. A choice or judgement.
  • n. (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
  • n. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of…
  • n. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
  • v. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout.

determination

  • n. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
  • n. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
  • n. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
  • n. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
  • n. (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
  • n. (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
  • n. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part.
  • n. (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity,…
  • n. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
  • n. The addition of a distinguishing featureto a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite…
  • n. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals,…

displace

  • v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  • v. (psycology) to repress.

do

  • v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
  • v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  • v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
  • v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
  • v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
  • v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
  • v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
  • v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
  • v. To cook.
  • v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  • v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
  • v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
  • v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
  • v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
  • v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
  • v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
  • v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
  • v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
  • v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
  • v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
  • v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
  • v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
  • v. (transitive) To take drugs.
  • v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
  • n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
  • n. (informal) A hairdo.
  • n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
  • n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
  • n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
  • n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
  • n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
  • n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
  • adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.

go

  • v. To move.
  • v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • v. (intransitive) To attend.
  • v. To proceed.
  • v. To follow or travel along (a path).
  • v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
  • v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
  • v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  • v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • v. To pass, to be used up.
  • v. (intransitive) To die.
  • v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
  • v. To break down or apart.
  • v. (intransitive) To be sold.
  • v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
  • v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
  • v. To say (something), to make a sound.
  • v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
  • v. To apply or subject oneself to.
  • v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
  • v. (intransitive) To date.
  • v. To attack.
  • v. To be in general; to be usually.
  • v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
  • n. (uncommon) The act of going.
  • n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  • n. An attempt, a try.
  • n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  • n. An act; the working or operation.
  • n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
  • n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
  • n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  • n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  • n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
  • n. A period of activity.
  • n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
  • n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

impress

  • v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
  • v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
  • v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
  • v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
  • v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
  • v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
  • v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
  • v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
  • n. The act of impressing.
  • n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
  • n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
  • n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
  • n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
  • n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
  • n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…

incite

  • v. To rouse, stir up or excite.

live

  • v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  • v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  • v. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
  • v. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  • v. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  • v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself;…
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life.
  • adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  • adj. Being in existence; actual.
  • adj. Having active properties; being energized.
  • adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  • adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
  • adj. (sports) Still in active play.
  • adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
  • adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
  • adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  • adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  • adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution…
  • adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  • adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  • adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  • adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  • adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

locomote

  • v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

make

  • v. (transitive, heading) To create.
  • v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
  • v. To constitute.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
  • v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
  • v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
  • v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
  • v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
  • v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
  • v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
  • v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
  • v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
  • v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
  • v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
  • v. To appoint; to name.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
  • v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
  • v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
  • v. To enact; to establish.
  • v. To develop into; to prove to be.
  • v. To form or formulate in the mind.
  • v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
  • v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
  • v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
  • v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
  • v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
  • n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
  • n. How a thing is made; construction.
  • n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
  • n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
  • n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
  • n. A person's character or disposition.
  • n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
  • n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
  • n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
  • n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
  • n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
  • n. (slang, military) A promotion.
  • n. A home-made project.
  • n. (basketball) A made basket.
  • n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
  • n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

motility

  • n. (uncountable) The state of being motile.
  • n. (countable) The degree to which something is motile.

motion

  • n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  • n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
  • n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
  • n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  • n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
  • n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
  • v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

motivate

  • v. (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
  • v. (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

  • n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
  • n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
  • n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • n. An act of emptying the bowels.
  • n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

play

  • v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
  • v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  • v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
  • v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  • v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
  • v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
  • v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
  • v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
  • v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
  • v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
  • n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  • n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  • n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
  • n. The conduct, or course of a game.
  • n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  • n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  • n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
  • n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  • n. (countable) A major move by a business.
  • n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
  • n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
  • n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
  • n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

proceed

  • v. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
  • v. (intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin).
  • v. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures;…
  • v. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
  • v. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
  • v. (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process.

prompt

  • adj. (archaic) Ready, willing (to act).
  • adj. Quick, acting without delay.
  • adj. On time, punctual.
  • n. A reminder or cue.
  • n. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying…
  • n. (computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
  • n. (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
  • v. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
  • v. (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying,…
  • v. (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.

propel

  • v. To cause to move in a certain direction.
  • v. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.

propose

  • v. (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
  • v. (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
  • v. (transitive) To intend.
  • v. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
  • v. (obsolete) To set forth.
  • n. (obsolete) An objective or aim.

relocation

  • n. The act of moving from one place to another.
  • n. Renewal of a lease.
  • n. (computing) The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at run time.

run

  • v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
  • v. (fluids) To flow.
  • v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
  • v. (social) To carry out an activity.
  • v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
  • v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
  • v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
  • v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
  • v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
  • v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
  • v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
  • v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
  • v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
  • v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
  • v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
  • v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
  • v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
  • v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
  • v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
  • v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
  • v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
  • v. To have growth or development.
  • v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
  • v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
  • v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
  • v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
  • n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
  • n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
  • n. A pleasure trip.
  • n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
  • n. Migration (of fish).
  • n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
  • n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
  • n. A (regular) trip or route.
  • n. The route taken while running or skiing.
  • n. The distance sailed by a ship.
  • n. A voyage.
  • n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
  • n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
  • n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
  • n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
  • n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
  • n. A trial.
  • n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
  • n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
  • n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
  • n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
  • n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
  • n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
  • n. Any sudden large demand for something.
  • n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
  • n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
  • n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
  • n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
  • n. (cricket) A point scored.
  • n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
  • n. Unrestricted use of.
  • n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
  • n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
  • n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
  • n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
  • n. A pair or set of millstones.
  • n. (video games) A playthrough.
  • n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
  • n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
  • n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
  • n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
  • adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
  • adj. Cast in a mould.
  • adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
  • adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

sell

  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
  • v. (ergative) To be sold.
  • v. To promote a product or service.
  • v. To promote a particular viewpoint.
  • v. (slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
  • v. (professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate…
  • n. An act of selling.
  • n. An easy task.
  • n. (colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax.
  • n. (obsolete) A seat or stool.
  • n. (archaic) A saddle.
  • n. (regional, obsolete) A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

strike

  • v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
  • v. (heading, physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
  • v. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
  • v. (heading, personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
  • v. To touch; to act by appulse.
  • v. (heading, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
  • v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
  • v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
  • v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
  • v. To make and ratify.
  • v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level…
  • v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
  • v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
  • v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
  • v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
  • v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
  • v. To balance (a ledger or account).
  • n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when…
  • n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
  • n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
  • n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
  • n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise…
  • n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
  • n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
  • n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
  • n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the…
  • n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is…
  • n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
  • n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
  • n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
  • n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
  • n. The discovery of a source of something.
  • n. A strike plate.

suggest

  • v. (transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
  • v. To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
  • v. (transitive) To ask for without demanding.
  • v. (transitive) To recommend.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

travel

  • v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
  • v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
  • v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  • v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
  • v. (transitive) To force to journey.
  • v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
  • n. The act of traveling.
  • n. pl A series of journeys.
  • n. pl An account of one's travels.
  • n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  • n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
  • n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

vary

  • v. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
  • v. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
  • v. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
  • v. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
  • v. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
  • v. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key,…
  • v. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
  • n. (obsolete) alteration; change.

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