Hypertext Webster Gateway: "moving"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Move \Move\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Moving}.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf.
Gr. ? to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[=i]v,
p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. {Emotion}, {Mew} to molt,
{Mob}, {Mutable}, {Mutiny}.]
1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set
in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place
to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a
vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
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)
Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
moving car, or power.
2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
as, a moving appeal.
I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge.
{Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
deflects the motion of a body.
{Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
distinct automatic motion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Moving \Mov"ing\, n.
The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
{Moving day}, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
number of tenants change their dwelling place.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
moving
adj 1: in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of
the machine" [ant: {nonmoving}]
2: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her
case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"-
N. Hawthorne [ant: {unmoving}]
3: used of a series of photographs presented so as to create
the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving
pictures or `the movies'" [ant: {still}]
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