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How to sign: change location; move, travel, or proceed
"How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before ni;
See also: go past, elapse, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, abscond, absquatulate, advance, go off, travel by, pass by, run off, rise, move up, go up, go under, descend, go down, come down, go under, proceed, circulate, recede, march on, withdraw, move on, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, move back, advance, climb, move on, march on, climb up, slip away, continue, go around, go down, pass, go by, go down, go under, move out, fall, decamp, progress, progress, carry on, go on, go along, go on, surpass, retire, pass on, pass on, go on, pass, sink, lift, sink, bolt, arise, go out, go up, settle, settle, uprise, come up, mount, lapse, spread, go down, set
Similiar / Same: travel, go, locomote
Within this category: accompany, advance, angle, ascend, automobile, back, bang, beetle, betake oneself, billow, bounce, breeze, career, carry, circle, circle, circuit, circulate, come, come, crawl, cruise, derail, descend, do, drag, draw, drive, drive, ease, fall, fall, ferry, float, float, float, flock, fly, fly, follow, follow, forge, get around, ghost, glide, go around, hiss, hurtle, island hop, lance, lurch, outflank, pace, pan, pass, pass over, play, plow, prance, precede, precess, proceed, propagate, pursue, push, raft, repair, retreat, retrograde, return, ride, ride, ride, rise, roll, round, run, run, rush, scramble, seek, shuttle, sift, ski, slice into, slither, snowshoe, speed, steam, step, step, step, stray, swap, swash, swim, swing, taxi, trail, transfer, travel, travel, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, trundle, turn, walk, walk, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, withdraw, zigzag, zoom
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: movement, motility, motion
Categories: change
Within this category: abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, eurythmy, fetal movement, flit, gesture, headshake, inclination, inversion, inversion, jerk, kick, kneel, lurch, nystagmus, opening, prostration, reach, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, rotation, shutting, sitting, sitting, snap, squat, standing, straddle, stroke, sweep, toss, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle
How to sign: cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
"Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant";
Similiar / Same: displace
Within this category: advance, agitate, beat, blow, brandish, center, change hands, chase away, circulate, circulate, dandle, disarrange, dislocate, displace, drag, drive, drop, engage, expel, expel, exteriorize, flick, fluctuate, funnel, glide, herd, hit, hustle, jar, lateralize, launch, lift, lift, lower, mobilize, overturn, play, pour, press down, propel, pull, pull, pulse, pump, push, put, race, raise, rake, relocate, rock, roll, rout out, run, saltate, scan, send, separate, shift, singsong, sink, slide, spill, spill, station, stir, swing, take back, transfer, transfer, translate, translate, transmit, transport, transport, transport, tug, turn, turn, turn, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, wash, wedge, whistle, whoosh, wind, work, work
