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Definition of move : 1. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
2. The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
3. The act of moving; a movement.
4. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
5. To apply to, as for aid.
6. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
7. 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.
8. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
9. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
10. To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
11. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
12. 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.
13. 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.

Synonyms:

front, break down, stir up, trip, fly the coop, bowel movement, advance, feign, start, come across, consort, scratch, get along, drop dead, lift, spark off, print, effort, represent, galvanize, go on, jaunt, prevail, spark, displace, pique, give way, die hard, get, locomote, kick the bucket, maneuver, snuff it, force out, regard, spur, hit, bm, lean, escape, black market, run away, persist, range, drift, light upon, live, give-up the ghost, mobilize, bear upon, impress, take to the woods, strickle, come upon, turn tail, ply, hightail it, go forward, cause, ingrain, yarn-dye, fit, impact, give the sack, expunge, come, guide, incline, instill, extend, act as, lam, assume, journey, sack, hold out, shake, run for, pretend, fail, relocation, depart, endure, conk, sound, tend, bear on, activate, melt, take, egg on, touch on, croak, collide with, sustain, unravel, move around, motility, chance on, excite, buy the farm, bleed, break, ladder, question, go bad, choke, crusade, come to, hold up, discover, touch, take up, preempt, happen upon, roleplay, be given, melt down, incite, blend, travel, scat, approach, apparent movement, bring, walk out, apparent motion, pass away, dislocate, draw, get going, touch off, cash in one's chips, track down, scarper, run low, march, shanghai, prick, send away, progress, give out, inflame, resettlement, expire, affect, set off, die, go away, imprint, trend, lead, pop off, plump, hunt, campaign, run short, survive, shine, give the axe, gesture, give notice, last, fall upon, remind, involve, motion, work up, blend in, continue, play, attain, belong, bunk, break away, be active, impinge on, chance upon, dissemble, cue, social movement, trigger off, decease, go along, exit, fall, live on, playact, mint, perish, carry on, dismiss, coin, race, disturb, rifle, sham, conk out, movement, become, excise, head for the hills, can, make a motion, feed, hunt down, terminate, run into, keep

endeavor, function, appear, perform, perpetrate, labor, do, exercise, transact, behave, enterprise, officiate, react, conduct, operate, work, comport, act, execute

impel, foment, launch, hasten, jerk, nudge, propel, energize, fire, ram, punch, heave, drive, poke, prod, thrust, bump, lob, magnetize, jolt, hurtle, jog, force, inspire, hurl, fling, pitch, provoke, shoot, strike, motivate, urge, knock, throw, sling, shove, encourage, prompt, stimulate, push, catapult, ferment, induce, jostle, entice, trigger, instigate, goad

budge, transfer, go, run, pass, proceed, transit, shift, relocate, stir, actuate, course, flow

deliver, transmit, bear, dispatch, express, cart, transport, convey, send, haul, remove, carry

Usage examples:

• Can this Council, then, which can move neither hand nor foot, be called free? - "Letters From Rome on the Council", Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger.
• All we have to do is submerge and move off. - "The Boy Allies Under the Sea", Robert L. Drake.
• Say what I would after that, I could not move her. - "The Professor's Mystery", Wells Hastings Brian Hooker.