move
part of speech
verb (move, moves, moved, moving); noun (a move, moves)
meaning for a pupil
1) To move is to go from one place to another, or to change position. tree →
2) To move something is to carry or push it to another place. tree →
3) To move house is to go and live in a new home. tree →
4) A move is a turn or step in a game, or an action: «a smart move». tree →
5) To move someone is to make them feel strong feelings, like being sad or touched. tree →
sense in the lessons
things carried from one place to another, so one group gets less and another gets more; also steps or moves in a game; in science forces make things move, and animals move by walking, swimming or flying; phrases «move in», «move out», «move on», «get a move on» (hurry), «on the move»
examples
- He moves 5 chairs to the other room. tree →
- The ant moves 3 cm each minute. tree →
- They moved 12 boxes into the truck. tree →
- In the game she made 4 moves. tree →
- Please don't move while I take the photo. tree →
- A push or a pull can make a ball move. tree →
- We are moving to Toronto next summer. tree →
- It's your move, so roll the dice. tree →
- Even the leaves had ceased to move. tree →
note
Moving from A to B: subtract from A and add to B; the total stays the same. Trap: the total does not change when things only move. A moving object with a speed: distance = speed × time.
In the corpora
- A promotion is a move up to a more senior job in the same organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.
- It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.
- Sorting it is the grown-ups' job, not the child's, and asking for help early is the sensible move.
- Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.
- Moving is one of the most stressful things grown-ups do, so they can be tired and snappy.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «move» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.