moving

adjective

1. in motion

- a constantly moving crowd

- the moving parts of the machine

Similar word(s): mobile, afoot, ahorse, ahorseback, oncoming, automotive, awheel, blown, flying, aflare, flaring, kinetic, mobile, restless, wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing, vibratory

2. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion

- she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter

Similar word(s): emotional, impressive, affecting, poignant, touching, haunting, heartwarming, stirring, stimulating

3. used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion

- Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'

Similar word(s): animated

noun

1. (uncountable) The relocation of goods

2. (countable) A causing of a movement

- The rats' movings are willed movements.

verb

1. present participle of move