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move | trip |

As nouns the difference between move and trip

is that move is the act of moving; a movement while trip is trip.

As a verb move

is to change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

move

English

Alternative forms

* meve * (l) (obsolete) * (l)

Verb

(mov)
  • To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
    • A ship moves rapidly.
    I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, I was too lazy to move .
  • * 1839 , Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
    • Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
  • To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
    • to move in a matter
    Come on guys, let's move : there's work to do!
  • (senseid)To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
    • I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
    They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
  • (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
    • The rook moved from a8 to a6.
    My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
  • (ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir.
    • The waves moved the boat up and down.
    The horse moves a carriage.
  • (chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
    • She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
  • To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
    • This song moves me to dance.
  • * Knolles
    • Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
  • * Dryden
    • No female arts his mind could move .
  • To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.
    • That book really moved me.
  • * Bible, Matthew ix. 36
    • When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
  • To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
    • I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let me but move one question to your daughter.
  • * Hayward
    • They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects.
  • (obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
  • (obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
  • * 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VII:
    • "Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."
  • (obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * actuate * affect * agitate * impel * incite * incline * induce * influence * instigate * offer * persuade * prompt * propose * rouse * stir * transfer * trouble

    Derived terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of moving; a movement.
    • A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
  • An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
    • He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.
  • A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
    • She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move .
    He can win a match with that one move .
  • The event of changing one's residence.
    • The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
    They were pleased about their move to the country.
  • A change in strategy.
    • I am worried about our boss's move .
    It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
  • A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.
  • (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
    • The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.
    It's your move ! Roll the dice!
    If you roll a six, you can make two moves .

    Synonyms

    * (act of moving) * (moving to another place) removal, relocation

    Derived terms

    * camera move * get a move on * make a move * on the move

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    trip

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
    • I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.}}
  • A stumble or misstep.
  • (figurative) An error; a failure; a mistake.
  • * (John Milton)
    • Imperfect words, with childish trips .
  • * Harte
    • Each seeming trip , and each digressive start.
  • A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
  • A faux pas, a social error.
  • Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
  • (engineering) A mechanical or electrical cutout device.
  • A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott)
    • His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female step glide to or from the door.
  • (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
  • * (Geoffrey Chaucer)
    • A trip of cheese.
  • The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
  • * (John Dryden)
    • And watches with a trip his foe to foil.
  • * South
    • It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground.
  • (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  • (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
    • (Robert of Brunne)
  • A flock of wigeons.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * bad trip * boat trip * business trip * day trip * ego trip * fam trip * field trip * guilt trip * head trip * power trip * road trip * round trip * trip down memory lane * trip hop * trippy * trip to the woodshed

    Verb

  • To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
    • Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
  • To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
    • A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.
  • To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc.
  • * John Locke
    • till his tongue trip
  • * South
    • A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble.
  • * Dryden
    • Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip , but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure.
  • (obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
  • * Shakespeare
    • These her women can trip me if I err.
  • To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
    • When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
  • To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
    • The alarm system tripped , throwing everyone into a panic.
  • To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
    • After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
  • To journey, to make a trip.
    • Last summer we tripped to the coast.
  • (dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
  • * Milton
    • Come, and trip it, as you go, / On the light fantastic toe.
  • * Dryden
    • She bounded by, and tripped so light / They had not time to take a steady sight.
  • (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
  • (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.

    • Derived terms

    * trip out * trip over * tripper * trip the light fantastic * trip up * tripwire

    Adjective

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  • (poker slang) Of or relating to .
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