Move vs. Swing

To change in position from one point to another

To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.

To follow a specified course

To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm

To change posture or position; stir

To move laterally or in a curve

To start off; depart

To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

To move along with an easy, swaying gait

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

To ride on a swing.

To progress in sequence; go forward

To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.

To progress toward a particular state or condition

(Slang) To be put to death by hanging.

To be disposed of by sale

To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

To exhibit great activity or energy

To be lively, trendy, and exciting.

To initiate an action; act

To engage in promiscuous sex.

To be active in a particular environment

To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.

To stir the emotions

To have a sexual orientation

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

To cause to move in a broad arc or curve

To change the place or position of

To cause to move with a sweeping motion

To cause to go from one place to another

To lift and convey with a sweeping motion

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

To suspend so as to sway or turn freely

To change the course of

To suspend on hinges

To cause to progress or advance

To cause to turn on hinges

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.

To prompt to action; rouse

To manage or arrange successfully

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

To bring around to the desired result

To cause to function

(Music) To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

To cause to progress or advance

The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

The sweep or scope of something that swings

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.

To dispose of by sale

The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another

The act or an instance of moving.

Freedom of action

A particular manner of moving

A swaying, graceful motion

A change of residence or location.

A sweep back and forth

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

A course or tour that returns to the starting point

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.

A participant's turn to make a play.

The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.

(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.

(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

A ballroom dance performed to this music.

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

A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.

To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.

(Music) Relating to or performing swing

(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

Determining an outcome; decisive

(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

(intransitive) To dance.

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

(intransitive) To ride on a swing.

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

To apply to, as for aid.

(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.

To request an action from the court.

To move sideways in its trajectory.

To bow or salute upon meeting.

To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).

(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.

The act of moving; a movement.

(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

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

(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

The event of changing one's residence.

To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

A change in strategy.

To move one's arm in a punching motion.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

A round, in which each player has a turn.

To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

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.

(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

The manner in which something is swung.

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

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.

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

To apply to, as for aid.

A dance style.

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

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

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

The amount of change towards or away from something.

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

(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

The act of moving; a movement.

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

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

A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

The act of deciding to do something;

(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

Influence or power of anything put in motion.

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

The act of changing location from one place to another;

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

To be hanged.

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

Follow a procedure or take a course;

To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; - said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

Be in a state of action;

The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

Give an incentive for action;

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Dispose of by selling;

A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity;

Progress by being changed;

Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

Live one's life in a specified environment;

A sweeping blow or stroke;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Changing location by moving back and forth

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

A jaunty rhythm in music

The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;

A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;

Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn;

Influence decisively;

Make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Hang freely;

Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement;

Alternate dramatically between high and low values;

Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style;

Have a certain musical rhythm;

Be a social swinger; socialize a lot

Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends;