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MOVE IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move into a new house or office
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "move in" is one way to...):
move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
move out (move out of one's old house or office)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Occupy a place
Example:
The crowds are moving in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "move in" is one way to...):
lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of trains; move into (a station)
Example:
The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station
Synonyms:
draw in; get in; move in; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "move in" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Verb group:
close in; draw in (advance or converge on)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples:
The method used by the scientists consists of stellar occultation, which is when these objects move in front of a star, like a small eclipse.
(Brazil astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet near Pluto, Agência Brasil)
Researchers developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light.
(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They move in order to eat in order that they may keep moving.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He felt power move in him, and clenched his fists.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He was concealed by this time behind another tree trunk; but he must have been watching me closely, for as soon as I began to move in his direction he reappeared and took a step to meet me.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
There are many men in town, such as Lord St. Vincent, Lord Hood, and others, who move in the most respectable circles, although they have nothing but their services in the Navy to recommend them.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I know you, I know you; you would take up with any thing; but I shall be a little more nice, and I am sure the good Campbells will be quite on my side; with your superior talents, you have a right to move in the first circle.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
You may depend upon it, that they will move in the first set in Bath this winter, and as rank is rank, your being known to be related to them will have its use in fixing your family (our family let me say) in that degree of consideration which we must all wish for.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
You have nine out of ten planets supporting your every move in March, especially in the first half.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
They move in the best society, are valuable persons for us to know, and I wouldn't fail to make a good impression there for anything.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
