approaching,
approach the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
passing,
passage success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
seek the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
wring,
squeeze the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"
cam stroke,
throw,
stroke the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
turning,
turn act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"
wrench,
twist a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
undulation wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
moving ridge,
wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
movement -
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"
fighting french,
free french a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
boy scouts an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys
civil rights movement movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
common front a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table"
cultural movement a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals
oecumenism,
ecumenism (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
falun gong a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
political movement a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
reform movement a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
transplanting,
transplantation,
transplant the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
movement -
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"
sonata a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
intermezzo a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
movement -
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
action mechanism,
action something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
ticker,
watch a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
movement -
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"
flit,
dart a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"
gesture motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
headshake,
headshaking the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me"
inclining,
inclination the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement"
standing the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
straddle,
span the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
movement -
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"
slippage failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"
stream,
flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
crawl a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
movement -
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"
lost cause a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
reform a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
war a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
movement -
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"
movement -
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"
