Motility: alternatives and connections

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

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The act of adducing or bringing forward.

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The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after…

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A leading about; circumlocution.

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of Close

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A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.

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The act of eversing; destruction.

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of Evert

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To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

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To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.

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To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

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A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.

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of Incline

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The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.

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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

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of Jerk

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To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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of Kick

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To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.

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of Kneel

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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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of Open

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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of Pitch

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of Pose

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The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

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Nimble; active.

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of Quiver

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To retch.

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of Reach

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The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.

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of Recline

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The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

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The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

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The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.

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of Shut

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of Sit

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To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

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of Squat

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To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.

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of Stand

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To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Struck.

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To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

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See Waive.

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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, th…

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To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.

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Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.

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Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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