Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in American Sign Language (ASL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: movement, motility, move
Categories: change
Within this category: abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, eurythmy, fetal movement, flit, gesture, headshake, inclination, inversion, inversion, jerk, kick, kneel, lurch, nystagmus, opening, prostration, reach, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, rotation, shutting, sitting, sitting, snap, squat, standing, straddle, stroke, sweep, toss, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle
How to sign: show, express or direct through movement
"He gestured his desire to leave";
Similiar / Same: gesticulate, gesture
Categories: communicate, intercommunicate
Within this category: applaud, beckon, bless, bow, clap, cross oneself, exsert, nod, shake, shrug, wink
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: movement, move
Categories: change
Within this category: approach, crawl, descent, flow, haste, locomotion, lurch, maneuver, migration, progress, pursuit, return, rise, shift, slide, slippage, speed, swing, translation, travel
