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Webster 1913 Edition
Moving
Mov′ing
,Adj.
1.
Changing place or posture; causing motion or action;
as, a
. moving
car, or power2.
Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
as, a
. moving
appealI 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.Mov′ing
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moving
MOVING
,ppr.
1.
a. Exciting the passions or affections; touching; pathetic; affecting; adapted to excite or affect the passions; as a moving address or discourse.MOVING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
moving
moving
English
Adjective
moving (comparative more moving, superlative most moving)
- (no comparative or superlative) That moves or move.
- moving pictures
- That causes someone to feel emotion.
- Coleridge
- I sang an old moving story.
- Coleridge
Antonyms
- (moving object): stationary
Translations
that moves or move
that causes someone to feel emotion
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Verb
moving
- present participle of move
Noun
moving (countable and uncountable, plural movings)
- (uncountable) The relocation of goods
- (countable) A causing of a movement
- The rats' movings are willed movements.