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How to sign: change location; move, travel, or proceed
"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 ni;
See also: proceed, retreat, go up, move on, march on, move back, travel by, go under, pull away, elapse, absquatulate, go under, march on, rise, go down, advance, go by, pass by, draw back, climb, come down, advance, slide by, circulate, recede, run off, climb up, go past, pull back, slip by, go off, withdraw, move up, move on, abscond, descend, glide by, go down, go down, pass, fall, slip away, go around, decamp, continue, progress, move out, progress, go under, go by, go on, go on, surpass, pass on, go along, carry on, pass on, retire, bolt, lift, pass, sink, go on, sink, go out, go up, arise, come up, spread, lapse, uprise, settle, mount, settle, go down, set
Similiar / Same: travel, go, locomote
Within this category: go around, carry, ease, whish, float, swap, seek, whine, fly, ride, come, ghost, betake oneself, pass over, travel, wend, do, raft, get around, repair, cruise, travel, come, round, trundle, push, travel purposefully, swing, roll, walk, weave, forge, crawl, scramble, slither, wheel, glide, bounce, breeze, float, play, float, walk, turn, circle, slice into, stray, run, step, drive, automobile, ski, fly, steam, taxi, ferry, ride, prance, swim, rise, ascend, descend, fall, zigzag, follow, advance, withdraw, retrograde, proceed, back, pan, follow, precede, pursue, return, derail, flock, accompany, billow, circulate, circle, angle, pass, travel by, travel rapidly, speed, zoom, drive, rush, trail, shuttle, hiss, whisk, career, circuit, lance, outflank, propagate, draw, transfer, swash, pace, step, step, hurtle, retreat, whistle, island hop, plow, lurch, sift, fall, drag, run, bang, precess, travel, ride, snowshoe, beetle
How to sign: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd";
Similiar / Same: impress, strike, affect
Within this category: infect, surprise, impress, awaken, engrave, strike dumb, zap, jar, hit home, smite, cloud, pierce, impress, sweep away, disturb, touch, move, sadden
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, motion
Categories: change
Within this category: abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, 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, sweep, toss, vibration, wave, waver, standing, straddle, stroke, wiggle, eurythmy
