Definition of motion

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Motion (v. i.) To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat..

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Yearn :: Yearn (v. i.) To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager..
Turn :: Turn (n.) The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel..
Devoutly :: Devoutly (adv.) In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.
Start :: Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort..
Whisker :: Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion..
Muscle :: Muscle (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion..
Angry :: Angry (superl.) Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing..
Swiftness :: Swiftly (adv.) In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion..
Breath :: Breath (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
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..
Palpitate :: Palpitate (v. i.) To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Stream :: Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind..
Rest :: Rest (n.) To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion..
Moderator :: Moderator (n.) A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect..
Choking :: Choking (a.) Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Ciliary :: Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion..
Lever :: Lever (n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it..
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