1. moving(a = adj.all) - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"
Antonym: nonmoving
2. moving(a = adj.all) - arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"
Antonym: unmoving
3. moving(a = adj.all) - used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"
Antonym: still
1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. [1913 Webster]
2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. [1913 Webster]
"I sang an old moving story." [1913 Webster]
The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one's dwelling place or place of business. [1913 Webster]
moving, adj.
1 that moves or causes to move.
2 affecting with emotion.
Idiom:
moving pavement a structure like a conveyor belt for pedestrians. moving picture a continuous picture of events obtained by projecting a sequence of photographs taken at very short intervals. moving staircase an escalator.
Derivative:
movingly adv. (in sense 2).
N motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.
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