moving
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- in motion“a constantly moving crowd”“the moving parts of the machine”Opposite nonmovingSimilar fast-flying, wiggly, aflare, restless, blown, oncoming, ahorse, vibratory +5 moreRelates to motionSee also mobile
- arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion“she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter — N. Hawthorne”Opposite unmovingSimilar affecting, stirring, haunting, heartwarmingSee also emotional, impressive, stimulating
- 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’”Opposite stillSimilar animated
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Translations
Adjective that causes someone to feel emotion
- Spanish
- conmovedor
- French
- touchant
- German
- rührend
- Italian
- commovente
- Portuguese
- comovente
- Russian
- тро́гательный trógatelʹnyj
- Arabic
- مُؤَثِّر muʔaṯṯir
- Chinese
- 动人 dòngrén
- Dutch
- ontroerend
- Polish
- poruszający
9 more languages
- Swedish
- rörande
- Vietnamese
- cảm động
- Hungarian
- megható
- Portuguese (PT)
- comovente
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 動人 dòngrén
- Catalan
- commovedor
- Czech
- dojemný
- Finnish
- liikuttava
- Romanian
- mișcător
Adjective that moves or move
- German
- beweglich
- Italian
- mobile
- Portuguese
- em movimento
- Turkish
- hareketli
- Arabic
- مُتَحَرِّك mutaḥarrik
- Swedish
- rörlig
- Indonesian
- bergerak
- Portuguese (PT)
- movente
- Breton
- fiñvus
- Czech
- pohyblivý
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
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.— Samuel T. Coleridge
Moving force Mechanics, a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. — Moving plant Botany, a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); — so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion.
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’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54