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