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Noun
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Noun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Noun
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"
Noun
a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
Noun
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"
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the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
Noun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
Verb
show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"
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abduction acclaim adduction advance advancement agitation applaud approach approaching ascending ascension ascent backlash beck beckon bend bending bless body English bow bow down bowing Brownian motion Brownian movement cam stroke change of location chase circumduction clap closing coast coming commotion crawl cross oneself crustal movement curtsey curtsy dart deflection deflexion descent displacement disturbance eurhythmics eurhythmy eurythmics eurythmy eversion everting exsert extend eye movement facial expression facial gesture fetal movement flicker flit flourish flow flutter foetal movement following forward motion gesticulation gesture glide haste headshake headshaking heave high-five hold out hurry hurrying inclination inclining inversion jerk jerking jitter jolt kick kicking kneel kneeling locomotion lunge lurch maneuver manoeuvre migration moving ridge nod obeisance onward motion opening palpitation passage passing pedesis periodic motion periodic movement perpetual motion pitch pitching play posing precession previous question procession progress progression prostration pursual pursuit put out quiver quivering reach reaching rebound reciprocation reclining recoil repercussion retraction retroflection retroflexion return rise rotary motion rotation rush rushing saccade seek shake shakiness shaking shift shifting shrug shutting sign sign of the cross sitting slide slippage snap span spat speed speeding squat squatting squeeze squirm standing straddle stream stretch stretch forth stretch out stroke sweep swing swinging tectonic movement throw toss translation travel traveling travelling trembling turn turning twist undulation upending V sign vacillation vibration wafture wave waver waving whirl wiggle wink wobble wrench wriggle wring
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