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

[ Syn: motion , move , motility ]

the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement'

the act of changing the location of something; the movement of cargo onto the vessel'

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

[ Syn: motion , move ]

a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

[ Syn: motion ]

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; he was a charter member of the movement; politicians have to respect a mass movement; he led the national liberation front

[ Syn: social movement , front ]

a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; the second movement is slow and melodic'

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 the war effort

[ Syn: campaign , cause , crusade , drive , effort ]

an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; the cinema relies on apparent motion; the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

[ Syn: apparent motion , motion , apparent movement ]

a euphemism for defecation; he had a bowel movement

[ Syn: bowel movement , bm ]

a general tendency to change (as of opinion); not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book; a broad movement of the electorate to the right

[ Syn: drift , trend ]