Move \Move\, n.

1. The act of moving; a movement.

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.

3. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

To make a move.
   (a) To take some action.
   (b) To move a piece, as in a game.

To be on the move, to bustle or stir about. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Move \Move\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved; p. pr. & vb. n. Moving.]

[OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. ? to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[=i]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt, Mob, Mutable, Mutiny.]

1. 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.

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Move \Move\, v. i.

1. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. --Ps. xviii. 7.

On the green bank I sat and listened long, . . . Nor till her lay was ended could I move. --Dryden.

2. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

3. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

4. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)