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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
moving
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a moving speech (=making people feel strong emotions)
▪ That was a very moving speech.
moving freely
▪ The injury prevented him from moving freely.
moving picture
moving staircase
moving van
relocation/moving expenses
▪ Successful candidates will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes relocation expenses if needed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
already
▪ By 1633 he was already moving in court circles.
▪ Ace was already moving in his direction.
▪ Rohmer was already moving to join them as Cardiff replaced the telephone receiver and pushed away from the reception desk.
▪ But the Vietcong were already moving amongst the peasants of the South, who were now supporters of Communism.
deeply
▪ The resulting letters were written with an extraordinary formality, but the content was deeply moving.
▪ Davis's way with the overture was beautifully supple, his gradual unfolding of the emotions of the work deeply moving.
▪ His efforts to get it right, to tell the truth, are both painful and deeply moving.
fast
▪ Not far away a turgid and fast moving river rushed southward in narrow gorges.
▪ But yes, it is still fun, thought provoking, stimulating, exciting and fast moving.
▪ I try to concentrate all my hard-hitting, fast moving units on one flank.
▪ To make it possible to deal with very fast moving, or potentially violent, events.
most
▪ Last April, nearly a year ago, I had a most moving spiritual experience.
▪ And so began what was, to me, a most moving ceremony.
▪ One of the most moving things of the whole voyage was when I saw Uskair loom out of the mist.
▪ And the terrible, interminable pressure of politics is one of the most moving thing about the opera.
▪ It was the most moving experience I ever had.
▪ Some saw the previous day as the most moving, others thought the silence after shut-down back at base to be terminal.
▪ One widow wrote to thank the organisers and said it was the most moving service she had ever attended.
▪ Yet by far the most moving part of the whole day was the reaction of the crowds which lined the streets.
now
▪ I was now moving south-west, dazzled by the low sun.
▪ So far as I could judge, events, were now moving in my favour.
▪ Blacks are now moving out of the lowest stratum in ever increasing numbers.
▪ Nevertheless, some of the more progressive suppliers are now moving down that road in some instances, albeit very gradually.
▪ Oyston was now moving across into the media, using the same formula of low overheads, tight management and aggressive advertising.
▪ The mixture of sounds and ideas comes from Fyfe's vehement defence of dance music, now moving from techno to Consolidated.
▪ The plane was now moving at not much above stalling speed.
slowly
▪ Across the floor a group of nomes swarmed past around the slowly moving bulk of the battery.
▪ Now people are slowly moving away from these towns.
▪ The man was at the far end of a line of slowly moving pack animals, and he had not noticed anything.
▪ Bodie glanced up, but all he could see were the same madly flickering lines, and slowly moving blips.
▪ Chris could only stare at the slowly moving ship.
still
▪ I didn't realize the carriage was still moving.
▪ Daak was still moving uphill, faster now, towards the source of the noises.
▪ Mummy's car was still moving, though it had reached Jane's cottage now.
▪ John Smith is still moving crabwise towards modernity.
▪ When the model is at some height and still moving forwards it will present no problems.
▪ If the car was still moving, police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it.
very
▪ You are facing up to yourself in a very moving and powerful way - hello?
▪ It was a very moving experience, barriers were broken between the mums and we could talk from our hearts.
▪ But those bands can write songs that are very moving in a different way.
▪ The style is emotive but the intellectual understanding informing it has an astringent clarity which is very moving.
▪ The vigil was very moving but some elements of it were a bit odd.
▪ To seek it happen is very moving.
▪ Like seeing Henry Rollins at Reading was very moving because it was real.
▪ During the Congress I witnessed something very moving.
■ NOUN
average
▪ For these data we need a 5-quarter centred moving average so that the smoothed values coincide with quarters.
▪ This differs from the moving average in that it does not use equal weightings for the past values chosen.
▪ The statistic would be called a five-quarter centred moving average.
house
▪ Albion are moving house in the close season: we just got there in time.
▪ Even dry children may wet the bed under stress, like a change of school, a divorce or moving house.
▪ Marian and Izz had seen Tess moving house with her family, and knew what a difficult position she was in.
▪ These are intended to cover removal expenses and some of the other fees and charges incurred when moving house.
▪ Over dinner they would talk about moving house.
▪ Reasons from holidays, family and work problems, moving house, and so on were given.
▪ An allied but unresearched question is that of the extent of parents moving house within an area towards a popular school.
image
▪ This moving image manifests itself in the motions of the heavenly bodies.
▪ The moving image has immediacy and can offer vivid detail.
▪ What video art, video sculpture, video installation, video performance return to the moving image is space.
▪ In library education, however, there are few areas where it is necessary to use moving images.
▪ The graphics look extremely good with 256 colours and such large moving images.
object
▪ The main features marking the presence of a poltergeist are moving objects, electrical high jinks, or mysterious noises.
▪ To test this possibility the data were split according to the mean ratings for the amount of moving objects in the film.
▪ To simulate reality the moving object must appear to have depth, but not be transparent.
▪ Figure 5.2 Toads recognize small moving objects as food.
▪ They can spot moving objects better than still ones.
▪ The toad does not recognize insects as such, but recognizes small, dark, moving objects.
▪ Ewert and his colleagues have also worked out where, in its nervous system, the toad recognizes small dark moving objects.
▪ The first result, that situations with many moving objects feel more risky, is what would be expected.
story
▪ John tells his moving story to members of the Darlington Lecture Association next week.
target
▪ Nobody hits a moving target and you can quote me.
▪ It can probably spot moving targets, and give their speed and direction.
▪ These are meals on heels, moving targets, room service.
▪ At its best, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is a game of how to master a moving target.
▪ The rabbits are, of course, moving targets and in such circumstances the shotgun is effective whereas the rifle would fail.
▪ Only the top half of her body was visible, and she resembled a moving target on a shooting gallery.
water
▪ Silent contemplation of the sounds of moving water works well for many people.
▪ The early series deal with the sculptural property of moving water in studio set-ups.
▪ In other words, Abingdon Weir Slalom was blessed for the second year running with good weather and moving water.
▪ Together they searched the towering walls of moving water.
▪ The compact form presents a minimal surface area to the moving water and the large foot maximises adhesion to the rock surface.
▪ While all these contrivances give us the pleasure of moving water, we must spare a thought for the plants beneath.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get moving
▪ We'd better get moving if we don't want to miss the start of the movie.
▪ Alan promises to get moving, but Jody hears nothing for several days.
▪ And you'd better get moving if you're going to meet the deadline.
▪ Anurag Singh took a little longer to get moving.
▪ He would have to get moving before reinforcements arrived.
▪ Mr Fineman says that Darden has the financial muscle to hurt its competitors -- if the company ever gets moving.
▪ The kids were still there urging Forrest to get moving.
▪ This seemed like a good idea until we got moving.
▪ You're here to work, so get moving.
it's time I was moving/we ought to get moving etc
time is moving on
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a moving stage
▪ After the final game there was a moving tribute to one of the players, who died tragically during the season.
▪ All the moving parts of the engine must be kept well-oiled.
▪ Soprano Teresa Stratas gave a moving performance.
▪ The authorities believe the body was thrown from a moving vehicle.
▪ The book is a very moving account of life in the refugee camps of Thailand.
▪ The occasion was deeply moving.
▪ The scene at the end of Act III is very moving, when Rafaella finds out that her husband has betrayed her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Each printer is built as the completed boards then join other components via assembly stations on the ever moving conveyer belt.
▪ His left foot was trapped beneath the moving snake.
▪ It is then the truck drivers push them out of the moving cab.
▪ Nobody hits a moving target and you can quote me.
▪ They can spot moving objects better than still ones.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moving

Move \Move\ (m[=oo]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved (m[=oo]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moving.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[=i]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt, Mob, Mutable, Mutiny.]

  1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

  2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

  3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

    Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
    --Knolles.

    No female arts his mind could move.
    --Dryden.

  4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
    --Shak.

    When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
    --Matt. ix. 36.

    [The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror.
    --Felton.

  5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

    Let me but move one question to your daughter.
    --Shak.

    They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects.
    --Hayward.

  6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer.

Moving

Moving \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.

Moving

Moving \Mov"ing\, a.

  1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power.

  2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; 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.

Wiktionary
moving
  1. 1 (''no comparative or superlative'') That moves or move. 2 That causes someone to feel emotion. n. 1 (context uncountable English) The relocation of goods 2 (context countable English) A causing of a movement v

  2. (present participle of move English)

WordNet
moving
  1. adj. in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine" [ant: nonmoving]

  2. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne [ant: unmoving]

  3. 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'" [ant: still]

Wikipedia
Moving (The Raincoats album)

Moving, released in 1983, is the third studio album by The Raincoats. It was re-released in the US by DGC Records in 1993, and in the UK by Rough Trade Records in 1994, with a different track-list. On its original release the album reached #5 in the UK Indie Chart.

Moving

Moving or Movin' may refer to:

Moving (Supergrass song)

"Moving" is a song by Supergrass, from their eponymous third album, Supergrass (1999). It was also released as a single, reaching #9 in the UK Singles Chart. It is about the tedium of touring as a band. It was the last Supergrass song to reach the UK Top 10.

The song later appeared on the greatest hits compilation Supergrass Is 10: The Best Of 1994–2004.

The song has featured in the British film comedy East Is East at the beginning of the closing credits, and in the Holby City episode "Tough Love" in 2009. It was also sampled by MC Lars for his song "Ahab" about Moby-Dick.

Moving (1988 film)

Moving is a 1988 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor as Arlo Pear, a father moving his family cross-country.

Other notable appearances in the film include Randy Quaid as an annoying neighbor, Dana Carvey as a man with multiple personalities hired to drive Pryor's car, Rodney Dangerfield as an embezzling loan officer, musician Morris Day, and WWF wrestler King Kong Bundy as a monstrous mover. The movie is also the film debut of Stacey Dash, as Arlo's daughter Casey.

Moving (TV series)

Moving is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1985. It stars Penelope Keith and was written by Stanley Price. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.

Moving (1993 film)

Moving (, translit. Ohikkoshi) is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Sōmai. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Moving (Travis song)

"Moving" is a song by alternative rock band Travis. It was released on 1 July 2013 as the second single to promote the band's seventh studio album, Where You Stand. "Moving" was written by the band's bassist Dougie Payne. The song has charted in Japan.

Moving (Kate Bush song)

"Moving" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush for her debut album, The Kick Inside (1978). It was released only in Japan on 6 February 1978 by EMI Music Japan reaching number 1. Written by Bush and produced by Andrew Powell, the song is a tribute to Lindsay Kemp, her mime teacher. "Moving" opens with a whale song sampled from Songs of the Humpback Whale, an LP including recordings of whale vocalizations made by Dr. Roger S. Payne.

Bush performed "Moving" at Tokyo Music Festival, also performed "Moving" on BBC's Saturday Nights at the Mill, on a Dutch TV show about Efteling park and on her only tour, The Tour of Life (1979).

Moving (Peter, Paul and Mary album)

Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. The lead-off single, "Big Boat," failed to chart substantially, only staying on the Top 100 for two weeks, reaching #93.

The second single, "Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)," did slightly better, peaking at #56 on the Pop charts during a 6-week run; however, it did become an easy listening hit at #14.

The third time around was the charm, as " Puff, the Magic Dragon" was a huge hit, and a defining song for the trio, reaching #2 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Easy Listening, & #10 on the R&B Charts, respectively.

Moving (Young Paperboyz album)

Moving is the debut album by the Nigerian hip hop R&B / pop musical group Young Paperboyz, released in 2010. The album contains Young Paperboyz's first worldwide hit single, "You Know" however, the release of Moving propelled Young Paperboyz to sign a promo deal. The album performed well in stores.

Usage examples of "moving".

She grasped his shoulders then, moving her legs, reveling in the abrasive feel of his hair roughened skin against the softness of her thighs.

When the tentacles do not begin moving for a much longer time, namely, from half an hour to three or four hours, the particles have been slowly brought into contact with the glands, either by the secretion being absorbed by the particles or by its gradual spreading over them, together with its consequent quicker evaporation.

There was not an archer in Achar who could better them now, Belial mused, as he watched them practice hitting moving targets while at the gallop.

No doubt the eternally self-identical may have potentiality and be self-led to self-realization, but even in this case the being considered as actualized is of higher order than the being considered as merely capable of actualization and moving towards a desired Term.

Moving very quickly I went to the bench on which was mounted the acuity tester and started to comply.

Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allees de Meillan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.

He took another look at the admin building and confirmed that the people moving around inside were in full protective suits.

Argentine Base, Deception Island, disclosed that, on July 3, 16 persons including three Chilean sub officers had observed an aerial object over the northern area of the island moving in a north-northeast direction, varying speed, oscillatory course, changing yellow-green-orange color, leaving a contrail at 30 degrees elevation.

Murphy could feel the vibrations from his feet as the main engines aft began to accelerate them through the water of the shallow bay, moving them away from the sonobuoys.

Fat, heavily moving Chrys-anthe stayed at home, in the konak of Ali Aga which the captain had taken over, and prepared the baked meats for the great day when the Moslem woman was to become a Christian.

In my humble opinion the ordinary method of agitating by way of petitions, deputations and the like is no remedy for moving to repentence a Government so hopelessly indifferent to the welfare of its charges as the Government of India has proved to me.

His breath possessed her mouth, moving in and out in agonizing pulses.

He walked aimlessly for a long time, moving into the heart of the Maze.

If he meant to survive in Alb, and he did, then he must suppress the rage, the shock, and the sickness that was moving in his belly.

Looking shoreward, Alec could make out wagons and riders moving along a coastal highroad.