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1. | [ adjective ] in motion | |
Examples: | "a constantly moving crowd" "the moving parts of the machine" |
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Related terms: | nonmoving whirling running shifting aflare marching revolving floating squirming sweeping billowing swaying heaving passing circulating curling fleeting rushing restless flailing fast-flying fleeing blown ahorse tramping bouncing bounding fluttering flowing approaching leaping hurling unreeling itinerant fast-flying crawling milling mobile darting awheel agitated spinning soaring active vibrating circling afoot hurtling kinetic jumping automotive mobile motion | |
2. | [ adjective ] arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion | |
Examples: | "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne |
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Related terms: | unmoving affecting haunting heartwarming stirring impressive emotional stimulating | |
3. | [ noun ] (transportation,business) transportation of (household or office) belongings to a new address | |
Synonyms: | relocation | |
Related terms: | transportation | |
4. | [ adjective ] used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion | |
Examples: | "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'" |
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Related terms: | still animated | |
Similar spelling: |
movingly moving_in mopping |