Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

% Section IV.  MOTION 1.  Motion in General %

     #264. [Successive change of place.] Motion. —­ N. motion, movement,
move; going &c. v.; unrest.
     stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics;
telekinesis.
     step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence,
carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey &c. 266; voyage &c. 267; transit &c. 270.
     restlessness &c. (changeableness) 149; mobility; movableness, motive
power; laws of motion; mobilization. 
     V. be in motion &c. adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass,
flit; hover about, hover round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along; wander &c. (deviate) 279; walk &c. 266; change one’s place, shift one’s place, change one’s quarters, shift one’s quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving;
     put in motion, set in motion; move; impel &c. 276; propel &c. 284;
render movable, mobilize. 
     Adj. moving &c. v.; in motion; transitional; motory[obs3], motive;
shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet; restless &c. (changeable) 149; nomadic &c. 266; erratic &c. 279. 
     Adv. under way; on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march. 
     Phr. eppur si muove [It][Galileo]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der
Stille[Ger], sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt[Ger].

     #265.  Quiescence. —­ N. rest; stillness &c. adj.; quiescence;
stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance[obs3]; quietism.
     quiet, tranquility, calm; repose &c. 687; peace; dead calm,
anticyclone|!; statue-like repose; silence &c. 203; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep &c. (inactivity) 683.
     pause, lull &c. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c. v.;
lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo.
     resting place; gite[Fr]; bivouac; home &c. (abode) 189; pillow &c.
(support) 215; haven &c. (refuge) 666; goal &c. (arrival) 292. 
     V. be quiescent &c. adj.; stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose,
hold the breath.
     remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry,
mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one’s oars; repose on one’s laurels, take breath; stop &c. (discontinue) 142.
     stagnate; quieta non movere[Lat]; let alone; abide, rest and be
thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed.
     dwell &c. (be present) 186; settle &c. (be located) 184; alight &c.
(arrive) 292 stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand &c. n. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on. 
     Adj. quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary;
immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at

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