Clues for the word "MOVE"
We've had 149 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 358 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on April 08, 2026.
Definition of move
- 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.
- 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. t. - To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- 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 apply to, as for aid.
- 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. i. - To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
- v. i. - To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
- v. i. - To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
- n. - The act of moving; a movement.
- n. - The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
- n. - An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
Referring Clues
- Shake a leg
- "Get going!"
- "Your ___"
- Change places
- Bring to tears
- Impatient order
- Player's turn
- Propose at a meeting
- "Get out of my seat!"
- Bit of game play
- Don't just sit there
- Order from a person with a gun
- "Shake a leg!"
- QxQ, e.g., in chess
- Pull up stakes
- Budge
- Turn
- Relocate
- "Outta my way!"
- Turn in a game
- With 50-Across, surmount
- "Hop to it!"
- Change addresses
- Affect emotionally
- Bxf3 or Qb4+, in chess
- Turn in chess
- Bit of chess action
- Change position
- "Out of my way!"
- "Get outta the way!"
- "Don't just sit there!"
- Get up and go
- "Out of the way!"
- "Get out of my way!"
- Game turn
- Sell, as merchandise
- Find a new home
- Stir
- Chess turn
- "Out of my way!"
- "Out of the way!"
- Go to a new home
- Chess player's consideration
- Some do it upon retiring
- Verb with "heaven and earth"
- Verb with "heaven and earth"
- Change residences
- Get going
- Take one's turn in chess
- Find new digs
- Turn, in chess
- Step in a chess game
- Qxe5, e.g., in chess
- Bxe5 or 0-0-0, in chess
- Pick up and go
- Maneuver
- Push a pawn, e.g.
- "Stop dawdling!"
- Pick up and go or pack up and go
- Get from point A to point B
- "Don't just stand there!"
- Address oneself to a packed house?
- Chess action
- Stir around
- Take one's turn in checkers
- Affect
- One could give you a check
- Change direction
- Transport
- Change neighborhoods
- Really touch
- Go elsewhere
- Pawn to King's Bishop 3, e.g.
- Dance element
- "Gangway!"
- Chess tournament action
- Shift
- Propose in a meeting
- See 45-Down
- Affect deeply
- Play in a game
- Game play
- Chess stratagem
- "Step aside!"
- QxQ, for one
- Change homes
- Step away, say
- Touch emotionally
- Change one's residence
- Chess play
- PxP, for one
- Bobby Fischer play
- With 20-Across, relocate
- Give way
- Actuate
- Pawn to Queen's Bishop 3, e.g.
- Set in motion
- Chess game step
- Not stay still
- Influential U.K. band from '60s, with "The"
- Mudhoney "___ Out"
- '93 Moby hit
- Little time to put on top half of underwear (shift)
- Travel - propose
- See 24
- Turn at the chessboard
- Propose relocation
- Touch and go
- -
- "You're in my seat!"
- Starts to make off very easily?
- Stir emotions
- Change the rules on 18d, 17?
- Transport king taking queen on board, for example
- See 6
- It's touch and go
- Displace
- Suggest at a meeting
- One may lead to a mate
- Castle in chess, e.g.
- Queenside castle, e.g.
- Transfer some firm overseas
- Formally propose
- It might get you a check
- With 40-Across, comment to someone who 30-Down
- "You're in my spot!"
- Impatient chess player's cry
- Be shifty when you can't pay the rent?
- Castling in chess, e.g.
- Transfer
- Checkers turn
- "C'mon already!"
- Take to a new spot
- Shifty thing to do?
- Change address
- "Get out of the way!"
- Push a pawn forward
- Change location
- Change domiciles
- Relocation
- "Faster!"
- Take up a new residence
- Cause an emotional reaction
- Make emotional
- Chess player's action
- Change residence
- Skedaddle
- Relocate to a new city
- See 30-Across
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - April 08, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 23, 2026
- LA Times - February 24, 2026
- LA Times - February 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 21, 2025
- LA Times - December 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 14, 2025
- LA Times - November 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 06, 2025
- New York Times - April 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 14, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2025
- USA Today - February 17, 2025
- Daily American - February 08, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 19, 2024
- USA Today - December 10, 2024
- USA Today - December 06, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 30, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 16, 2024
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