Definition of motion

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Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..

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Demivolt :: Demivolt (n.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..
Refugee :: Refugee (n.) Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes..
Feed :: Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.
Pave :: Pave (v. t.) Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise..
Lascivious :: Lascivious (a.) Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
Ebullition :: Ebullition (n.) A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Turmoil :: Turmoil (v. t.) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
Play :: Play (v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump..
Motion :: Motion (v. i.) To make proposal; to offer plans.
Pulley :: Pulley (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain..
Stir :: Stir (v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc..
Srawls :: Sprawl (v. i.) To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping..
Fear :: Fear (n.) To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.
Inspiration :: Inspiration (n.) The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc..
Start :: Start (v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act..
Trochilic :: Trochilic (a.) OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round.
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