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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: motility, motion, 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: 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";
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
How to sign: 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;
Similiar / Same: crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort
Categories: venture
Within this category: advertising campaign, anti-war movement, campaigning, consumerism, ecumenical movement, feminist movement, fund-raising campaign, gay liberation movement, lost cause, reform, war, youth movement
How to sign: a euphemism for defecation
"he had a bowel movement";
Similiar / Same: bowel movement, bm
Categories: defecation, laxation, shitting
