Results for motion

Definitions of motion:

part of speech: adjective

Motionless.

part of speech: verb

To make a significant movement with the hands.

part of speech: noun

The act or state of moving: a single movement: change of posture: gait: power of motion: excitement of the mind: proposal made, esp. in an assembly:- in pl. ( B.) impulses.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To make a significant movement.

part of speech: noun

The act, process, or state of changing place; the changing of position; a gesture; action, as opposed to rest; impulse or desire; a formal proposal made in a meeting of a society, etc.; as, a motion to adjourn is in order.

part of speech: noun

Change of place or of local position; animal life and action; the passing of a body from one place to another, as opposed to rest; manner of moving the body; change of posture; impulse communicated; tendency of the mind; internal action, as of the bowels; a proposal made at a meeting or an assembly; in a locomotive engine, the cross- head, cross- head guides, and the blocks, taken as a whole, are called " the motion".

part of speech: verb intransitive

To make a movement or gesture full of meaning; as, to motion to someone to come forward.

part of speech: verb transitive

To guide or invite by a gesture; as, to motion someone to come forward.

Usage examples for motion:

• The Captain stood up in his excitement, but that only seemed to make the motion worse. "Marjorie's Busy Days", Carolyn Wells

• At last, towards the close of the fourth day, we saw a black object in motion on the horizon. "Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.", Xavier Hommaire de Hell

• Before putting it in my pocket, I went through the motion of striking. "Atlantida", Pierre Benoit