motion
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
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Sense 2 verb
show, express or direct through movement
He gestured his desire to leave
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Sense 3 noun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
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Sense 4 noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
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- change
- abduction
- adduction
- agitation
- body English
- circumduction
- disturbance
- fetal movement
- flit
- gesture
- headshake
- inclining
- everting
- upending
- jerking
- kicking
- kneel
- pitching
- eye movement
- opening
- prostration
- reaching
- reciprocation
- reclining
- retraction
- retroflection
- rotation
- closing
- sitting
- sitting
- snap
- squatting
- sweep
- toss
- vibration
- wave
- flutter
- standing
- straddle
- stroke
- wiggle
- eurythmy
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Sense 5 noun
a state of change
they were in a state of steady motion
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Sense 6 noun
a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
he made a motion to adjourn
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Sense 7 noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
police controlled the motion of the crowd
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Sense 8 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
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | motion |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | visual communication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gesticulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | facial expression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flourish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | high-five |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | previous question |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waving |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | V sign |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nod |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign of the cross |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curtsy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gesture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gesticulation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exsert |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrug |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | applaud |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nod |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross oneself |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crustal movement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | approaching |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | passing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deflexion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bending |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | change of location |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jitter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | periodic motion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebound |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | recoil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | seek |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cam stroke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | turning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrench |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | undulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wobble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Brownian movement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | abduction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | adduction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | agitation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | body English |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumduction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disturbance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetal movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gesture |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | headshake |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclining |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | everting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | upending |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | jerking |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kicking |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kneel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitching |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye movement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | opening |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prostration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reaching |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reciprocation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reclining |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retraction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retroflection |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | closing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sitting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sitting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | squatting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | toss |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vibration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flutter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | standing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | straddle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stroke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiggle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | eurythmy |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | lifelessness |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | moving |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | unmoving |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | be active |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quivering |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perpetual motion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | precession |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stream |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | proposal |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | motional |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | coming |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | forward motion |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | locomotion |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunge |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | travel |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pursuit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ascending |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | descent |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | swinging |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | return |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | glide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | slippage |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | flow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | crawl |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | speeding |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | displacement |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | shifting |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rush |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | maneuver |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | migration |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical illusion |