motion

1. n. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest. Source: opted

2. n. Power of, or capacity for, motion. Source: opted

3. n. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east. Source: opted

4. n. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts. Source: opted

5. n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity. Source: opted

6. n. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn. Source: opted

7. n. An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. Source: opted

8. n. Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. Source: opted

9. n. A puppet show or puppet. Source: opted

10. v. i. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat. Source: opted

11. v. i. To make proposal; to offer plans. Source: opted

12. v. t. To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat. Source: opted

13. v. t. To propose; to move. Source: opted

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