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Pronunciation:  'mooving

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
  2. [adj]  in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"
  3. [adj]  used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"
 
 Synonyms: active, affecting, aflare, afoot(p), agitated, ahorse(p), ahorseback(p), animated, approaching, automotive, awheel, billowing, blown, bouncing, bounding, circling, circulating, crawling, creeping, curling, darting, fast-flying, flailing, flaring, fleeing(a), fleeting, flittering, floating, flowing, fluttering, flying, haunting, heartwarming, heaving, hurling, hurtling, itinerant, jolting, jouncing, jumping, kinetic, leaping, marching, milling, mobile, on the move(p), oncoming, passing(a), poignant, restless, revolving, riding, road, rolling, rotating, running(a), rushing, scampering(a), self-propelled, self-propelling, shifting, shuffling, soaring, soul-stirring, spinning, springing, squirming, stirring, streaming, swaying, sweeping, swinging, swirling, thrashing, tossing, touching, touring, tramping, trampling, traveling, tumbling, turning, twisting, unreeling, unwinding, vibrating, vibratory, walking(a), waving, wheeling, whirling, wiggling, wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing
 
 Antonyms: nonmoving, still, unmoving
 
 See Also: emotional, impressive, stimulating

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Mov"ing\, a.
1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
   moving car, or power.

2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
   sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
   as, a moving appeal.

         I sang an old moving story.           --Coleridge.

{Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
   deflects the motion of a body.

{Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
   gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
   distinct automatic motion.


  2. \Mov"ing\, n.
The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
changing one's dwelling place or place of business.

{Moving day}, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
   number of tenants change their dwelling place.
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming that you are moving away means your desire or need for change. It may also mean an end to a situation or relationship and your are moving on. Alternatively, it indicates your determination and issues regarding dependence/independence.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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