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Adjective moving has 3 senses
  1. moving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"
    Antonyms:     nonmoving, unmoving, becalmed, frozen, rooted, stock-still, inert, sitting, stationary, inactive, motionless, static, still, fixed, set, rigid
  2. moving - arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
    Antonyms:     unmoving, unaffecting
  3. moving - 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'"
    Antonym:     still
,Verb move has 16 senses
  1. travel, go, move, locomote - 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 night fell"
    Derived forms: noun motion6, noun move4, noun movement3, noun movement2, noun mover3
    Sample sentence:
    The cars move down the avenue
  2. move, displace - 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"
    Derived forms: noun move4, noun movement3, noun movement11, noun mover1, noun mover4
    Sample sentence:
    They move the car down the avenue
  3. move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
    Antonyms:     stand still
    Derived forms: noun motion3, noun move3, noun movement1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. move - change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
    Antonyms:     stay, stick, stick around, stay put
    Derived forms: noun move2, noun movement3, noun mover3
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue move
  5. go, proceed, move - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
    --5 is one way to act, move
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Something ----s Adjective/Noun
    Somebody ----s Adjective
    Somebody ----s PP
  6. be active, move - be in a state of action; "she is always moving"
    Derived forms: noun motion4, noun move1, noun mover2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  7. move - go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
    --7 is one way to     change, alter, vary
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  8. act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
    Derived form: noun move1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  9. affect, impress, move, strike - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will move him
    The good news will move her
    The performance is likely to move Sue
  10. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
    --10 is one way to cause, do, make
    Sample sentence:
    They move him to write the letter
  11. move - arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"
    --11 is one way to     affect, impress, move, strike
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  12. move - dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
    --12 is one way to     sell
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  13. move, go, run - progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
    --13 is one way to change
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  14. move - live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"
    --14 is one way to     live
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  15. move, go - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"
    Derived form: noun move5
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue move
  16. move, make a motion - propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
    --16 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
    Derived form: noun mover2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s on something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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