Move and Plot

noun

• The act of deciding to do something.
  • usage: "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
• The act of changing your residence or place of business.
  • usage: "they say that three moves equal one fire"
  • synonyms: relocation
• A change of position that does not entail a change of location.
  • usage: "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
  • synonyms: motion, movement, motility
• The act of changing location from one place to another.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: motion, movement
• Game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game. (

verb

• Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "How fast does your new car go"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
  • synonyms: travel, go, locomote
• Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
  • synonyms: displace
• Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.
  • usage: "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
• Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.
  • usage: "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
• Follow a procedure or take a course.
  • usage: "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
  • synonyms: go, proceed
• Be in a state of action.
  • usage: "she is always moving"
  • synonyms: be active
• Go or proceed from one point to another.
  • usage: "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
• Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action. )
  • usage: "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
  • synonyms: act
• Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
  • usage: "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
  • synonyms: affect, impress, strike
• Give an incentive for action.
  • usage: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, prompt, incite
• Arouse sympathy or compassion in.
  • usage: "Her fate moved us all"
• Dispose of by selling.
  • usage: "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
• Progress by being changed.
  • usage: "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
  • synonyms: go, run
• Live one's life in a specified environment.
  • usage: "she moves in certain circles only"
• Have a turn; make one's move in a game.
  • usage: "Can I go now"
  • synonyms: go
• Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting.
  • synonyms: make a motion

• (n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
• (v.i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
• (v.i.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
• (v.t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.i.) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town or state, to another.
• (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• (v.t.) To apply to, as for aid.
• (v.t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion or appeal; to influence.
• (v.i.) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
• (v.t.) 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; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
• (n.) The act of moving; a movement.

noun

• A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
  • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • synonyms: secret plan, game
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
  • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

• Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
  • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • synonyms: diagram
• Make a plat of.
  • usage: "Plat the town"
  • synonyms: plat
• Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
  • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

• (v.i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
• (v.i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
• (n.) A plan; a purpose.
• (n.) A plantation laid out.
• (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
• (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• (v.t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
• (v.t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
• (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
• (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
• (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.