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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: 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, proceed, retreat, go up, move on, march on, move back, travel by, go under, pull away, elapse, go under, march on, absquatulate, rise, go down, advance, go by, decamp, continue, progress, move out, progress, go under, go by, go down, go down, pass, fall, slip away, go around, go on, surpass, pass on, go along, carry on, pass on, retire, go on, lift, pass, sink, go on, sink, bolt, arise, go out, go up, spread, lapse, uprise, settle, mount, settle, come up, go down, set
Similiar / Same: travel, go, locomote
Within this category: accompany, advance, angle, ascend, automobile, back, bang, beetle, betake oneself, billow, bounce, breeze, career, carry, circle, circle, circuit, circulate, come, come, crawl, cruise, derail, descend, do, drag, draw, drive, drive, ease, fall, fall, ferry, float, float, float, flock, fly, fly, follow, follow, forge, get around, ghost, glide, go around, hiss, hurtle, island hop, lance, lurch, outflank, pace, pan, pass, pass over, play, plow, prance, precede, precess, proceed, propagate, pursue, push, raft, repair, retreat, retrograde, return, ride, ride, ride, rise, roll, round, run, run, rush, scramble, seek, shuttle, sift, ski, slice into, slither, snowshoe, speed, steam, step, step, step, stray, swap, swash, swim, swing, taxi, trail, transfer, travel, travel, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, trundle, turn, walk, walk, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, withdraw, zigzag, zoom
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, 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: 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: awaken, cloud, disturb, engrave, hit home, impress, impress, infect, jar, move, pierce, sadden, smite, strike dumb, surprise, sweep away, touch, zap
How to sign: give an incentive for action
"This moved me to sacrifice my career";
Similiar / Same: motivate, prompt, incite, actuate, propel
How to sign: the act of changing your residence or place of business
"they say that three moves equal one fire";
Similiar / Same: relocation
Categories: change
Within this category: flit
How to sign: cause to move, 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";
Similiar / Same: displace
Within this category: advance, agitate, beat, blow, brandish, center, change hands, chase away, circulate, circulate, dandle, disarrange, dislocate, displace, drag, drive, drop, engage, expel, expel, exteriorize, flick, fluctuate, funnel, glide, herd, hit, hustle, jar, lateralize, launch, lift, lift, lower, mobilize, overturn, play, pour, press down, propel, pull, pull, pulse, pump, push, put, race, raise, rake, relocate, rock, roll, rout out, run, saltate, scan, send, separate, shift, singsong, sink, slide, spill, spill, station, stir, swing, take back, transfer, transfer, translate, translate, transmit, transport, transport, transport, tug, turn, turn, turn, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, wash, wedge, whistle, whoosh, wind, work, work
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, motion
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
