Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 78
Move (v. i.) (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
Move (n.) 改變； 遷移 The act of moving; a movement.
Move (n.) (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.
Move (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
{To make a move} To take some action toward a goal, usually one involving interaction with other people.
{To make a move} To move a piece, as in a game.
{To be on the move} To bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]
Move (n.) The act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer".
Move (n.) The act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire" [syn: move, relocation].
Move (n.) 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" [syn: motion, movement, move, motility].
Move (n.) 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" [syn: motion, movement, move].
Move (n.) (Game) A player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game.
Move (v.) 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" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place].
Move (v.) 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" [syn: move, displace].
Move (v.) Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" [ant: stand still].
Move (v.) Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" [ant: stay, stay put, stick, stick around].
Move (v.) Follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" [syn: go, proceed, move].
Move (v.) Be in a state of action; "she is always moving" [syn: be active, move] [ant: rest].
Move (v.) Go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy".
Move (v.) Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" [syn: act, move] [ant: forbear, refrain].
Move (v.) Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike].
Move (v.) Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite].
Move (v.) Arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all".
Move (v.) Dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers".
Move (v.) Progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: move, go, run].
Move (v.) Live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only".
Move (v.) Have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" [syn: move, go].
Move (v.) Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting [syn: move, make a motion].
MOVE, () Microsoft Overlay Virtual Environment (MS)
Moveless (a.) 不動的 Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." -- Pope.
Movement (n.) 運動，活動 [U] [C]；動作，姿態 [C]；傾向；動向；變遷 [C] [U] The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine.
Movement (n.) Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
Movement (n.) Transference, by any means, from one situation to another; a change of situation; progress toward a goal; advancement; as, after months of fruitless discussion there was finally some movement toward an agreement.
Movement (n.) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Movement (n.) (Mus.) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece. "Any change of time is a change of movement." -- Busby.
Movement (n.) (Mus.) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony.
Movement (n.) (Mech.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch ; as, a seventeen jewel movement.
Movement (n.) A more or less organized effort by many people to achieve some goal, especially a social or artistic goal; as, the women's liberation movement; the progressive movement in architecture.
{Febrile movement} (Med.), An elevation of the body temperature; a fever.
{Movement cure} (Med.) See {Kinesiatrics}.
{Movement of the bowels}, An evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge.
Syn: Motion.
Usage: {Movement}, {Motion}. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress.
Movement (n.) 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" [syn: {motion}, {movement}, {move}, {motility}].
Movement (n.) 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" [syn: {motion}, {movement}, {move}].
Movement (n.) A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something [syn: {movement}, {motion}].
Movement (n.) A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: {movement}, {social movement}, {front}].
Movement (n.) A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic".
Movement (n.) A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: {campaign}, {cause}, {crusade}, {drive}, {movement}, {effort}].
Movement (n.) An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn: {apparent motion}, {motion}, {apparent movement}, {movement}].
Movement (n.) A euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn: {bowel movement}, {movement}, {bm}].
Movement (n.) A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: {drift}, {trend}, {movement}].
Movement (n.) The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement".
Movement (n.) The act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel".
Movent (a.) Moving. [R.] -- Grew.
Movent (n.) That which moves anything. [R.]
Mover (n.) 行動者；鼓動者；搬傢俱工人；搬場公司；動力 A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.
Mover (n.) A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor.
Mover (n.) One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.
These most poisonous compounds, Which are the movers of a languishing death. -- Shak.
Mover (n.) A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution in a legislative body.
Mover (n.) Workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano".
Mover (n.) (Parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion [syn: proposer, mover].
Mover (n.) Someone who moves.
Mover (n.) A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another [syn: mover, public mover, moving company, removal firm, removal company].
Moving (a.) 行進的；移動的；動人的；感動的；主動的；搬家的；move 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.
Moving (a.) 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.
Moving (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.
Moving (a.) In motion; "a constantly moving crowd";
"the moving parts of the machine" [ant: nonmoving,
unmoving].
Moving (a.) Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter" -- N. Hawthorne [ant: unmoving].
Moving (a.) 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].
Movingly (adv.) 動人地 In a moving manner. -- Addison.
Movingly (adv.) In a moving manner; "she sang movingly".
Movingness (n.) The power of moving.
Mew (n.) (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
Mow (n.) A wry face. cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
A wry face. "Make mows at him." -- Shak.
Mow (v. i.) To make mouths.
Nodding, becking, and mowing. -- Tyndale.
Mow (n.) (Zool.) Same as Mew, a gull.
Mow (pres. sing.) of Mow.
Mowe (n. pl.) of Mow.
Mowen () of Mow.
Moun () of Mow.
Mow (v.) May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. -- Chaucer.
Mowed (imp.) of Mow.
Mowed (p. p.) of Mow.
Mown () of Mow.
Mowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mow.
Mow (v. t.) To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
Mow (v. t.) To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
Mow (v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.
Mow (v. i.) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
Mow (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
Mow (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
Mow (n.) A loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft, haymow, mow].
Mow (v.) Cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow, cut down].
Mow (v.) Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow].
Mowburn (v. i.) To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.
Mowe (v.) See 4th Mow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Mowe (n. & v.) See 1st & 2d Mow. [Obs.]
Mower (n.) One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.
Mower (n.) Garden tool for mowing grass on lawns [syn: lawn mower, mower].
Mower -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 38603
Housing Units (2000): 16251
Land area (2000): 711.497974 sq. miles (1842.771214 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.209780 sq. miles (0.543328 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 711.707754 sq. miles (1843.314542 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.659303 N, 92.838981 W
Headwords:
Mower
Mower, MN
Mower County
Mower County, MN
Mowing (n.) The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.
Mowing (n.) Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.
Mowing machine, An agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It may be drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by a powered engine.
Mowing, () (Heb. gez), rendered in Ps. 72:6 "mown grass." The expression "king's mowings" (Amos 7:1) refers to some royal right of early pasturage, the first crop of grass for the cavalry (comp. 1 Kings 18:5).
Mown (p. p. & a.) Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field.
Mown (a.) (Used of grass or vegetation) Cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown, cut] [ant: uncut, unmown].
Mowyer (n.) A mower. [Obs.]
Moxa (n.) (Med.) 艾；艾蒿 A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
Moxa (n.) (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp. Artemisia Chinensis, and Artemisia moxa.
Moxibustion (n.) (Med.) (Specialized) 【醫】（中國的）艾灸（術） In Chinese medicine, a treatment that involves burning a plant called moxa on or near the skin.
Moxie (n.) 【美】【口】精力；大膽；勇氣 Energy; pep.
Moxie (n.) Courage, determination.
Moxie (n.) Know-how, expertise. -- MW10.
Moxie (n.) Fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption].
Moxie, () A language for real-time computer music synthesis, written in XPL.
["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance", D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music Assoc 1984, pp.217-220]. (1994-12-05)
Moya (n.) Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
Moile (n.) A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]
Moyle (n. & v.) See Moil, and Moile.
Mozambique (n.) 莫三比克共和國；舊譯作莫三鼻給 [3]，現通稱莫三比克，位於非洲南部，臨印度洋，隔莫三比克海峽與馬達加斯加相望，以葡萄牙語作為官方語言 [4]，1975年脫離葡萄牙殖民地身分而獨立。2017年普查人口為28,861,863人（初步數字）[5]。作為與英國並無憲制關係的國家，在1995年以特殊例子加入大英國協。其經濟低落，是聯合國宣布的世界最低度開發國家和重債窮國。再加上曾為社會主義國家，國內經濟等數值常被拿來與人口相似的朝鮮比較。
Mozambique , officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo (formerly known as "Lourenço Marques" from 1876 to 1976) while Matola is the largest city, being a suburb of Maputo.
Mozarab () Alt. of Mozarabic.
Mozarabic () Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.
Mozetta (n.) Alt. of Mozzetta.
Mozzetta (n.) (Eccl.) A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. () The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4.
Mrs. () The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing.
See Master, 4.
Mr. (n.) A form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
MR Magneto - Resistive (HDD).
MR MODEM Ready (MODEM).
MR Modified Read (Fax).
Mucamide (n.) (Chem.) The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Mucate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of mucic acid.
Muce (n.) See Muse, and Muset.
Mucedin (n.) (Bot. Chem.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also mucin.
Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time.
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. -- Deut. xxviii. 38.
Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Many in number. [Archaic]
Edom came out against him with much people. -- Num. xx. 20.
Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) High in rank or position. [Obs.] -- Chaucer
Much (n.) A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I.
He that gathered much had nothing over. -- Ex. xvi. 18.
Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very.
Much (n.) A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable.
And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. -- Milton.
To make much of, To treat as something of especial value or
worth.
Much (a.) To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." -- Pope.
Thou art much mightier than we. -- Gen. xxvi. 16.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. -- Prov. xvii. 7.
Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. -- Milton.
All left the world much as they found it. -- Sir W. Temple.
Much (adv.) To a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"
Much (adv.) Very; "he was much annoyed".
Much (adv.) To a very great degree or extent; "I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: a lot, lots, a good
deal, a great deal, much, very much].
Much (adv.) (Degree adverb used before a noun phrase) For all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" [syn: much, practically].
Much (adv.) Frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often]
Much (a.) (Quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" [ant: little(a), slight].
Much (n.) A great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity".
Muchel (a.) Much. [Obs.]
Muchness (n.) Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.]
The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth. -- W. Whately.
Much of a muchness, much the same. [Colloq.] "Men's men; gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness." -- G. Eliot.
Muchness (n.) Greatness of quantity or measure or extent
Muchwhat (adv.) Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] "Muchwhat after the same manner." -- Glanvill.
Mucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.
Mucid (a.) Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous. -- Mu"cid*ness, n.
Mucific (a.) (Med.) Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous.
Mucific (a.) (Physiol.) Secreting mucus.
Muciform (a.) (Physiol.) Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.
Mucigen (n.) (Physiol.) A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin.
Mucigenous (a.) (Physiol.) Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin.
The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinary protoplasm of the cell. -- Foster.
Mucilage (n.) (Bot. Chem.) A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.
Mucilage (n.) An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.
Mucilage (n.) A gelatinous substance secreted by plants
Mucilage (n.) Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive [syn: glue, gum, mucilage].
Mucilaginous (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.
Mucilaginous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands.
Mucilaginous (a.) Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants. -- Mu`ci*lag"i*nous*ness, n.
Mucilaginous (a.) Having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous].
Mucedin (n.) [From Mucus.] (Bot. Chem.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also mucin.
Mucin (n.) (Bot. Chem.) See Mucedin. [Obs.]
Mucin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of high molecular weight glycoproteins which are contained in mucus, and give to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. They are found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons.
They form viscous solutions and serve to provide lubrication for movement within body cavities, and some protection of surfaces. See Illust. of Demilune.
Mucin (n.) A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces.
Mucinogen (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Mucigen.
Muciparous (a.) (Physiol.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin.
Mucivore (n.) (Zool.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
Muck (adv.) Abbreviation of Amuck. To run a muck. See Amuck.
Muck (n.) Dung in a moist state; manure. -- Bacon.
Muck (n.) Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
Muck (n.) Anything filthy or vile. -- Spenser.
Muck (n.) Money; -- in contempt.
The fatal muck we quarreled for. -- Beau. & Fl.
Muck (n.) (Mining) The unwanted material, especially rock or soil, that must be excavated in order to reach the valuable ore; also, the unwanted material after being excavated or crushed by blasting, or after being removed to a waste pile. In the latter sense, also called a muck pile.
Muck bar, Bar iron which has been through the rolls only once.
Muck iron, Crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. -- Knight.
Muck pile, See muck pile in the vocabulary.
Muck (a.) Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork.
Muck (v. t.) To manure with muck.
Muck (v. i. & t.) To excavate and remove muck[5]. Often used with out, as, to muck out a round.
. . . Inco is still much more advanced than other mining companies. He says that the LKAB mine in Sweden is the closest rival. He predicts that, by 2008, Inco can reach a new productivity plateau, doubling the current mining productivity from 3,350 tonnes to 6,350 tonnes per person per year. Another aim is to triple the mine cycle rate (the time to drill, blast and muck a round) from one cycle to three complete cycles per 24 hours.
Muckender (n.) A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter, mockadour.]