Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Move"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the
pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of
the game.

3. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the
execution of a plan or purpose.

{To make a move}.
(a) To take some action.
(b) To move a piece, as in a game.

{To be on the move}, to bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from
one space or position to another, according to the rules
of the game; as, to move a king.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

The foundations also of the hills moved and were
shaken, because he was wroth. --Ps. xviii.
7.

On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . . Nor
till her lay was ended could I move. --Dryden.

2. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to
move in a matter.

3. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town,
or state, to another.

4. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in
accordance with the rules of the game.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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