Definition: moving

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

moving
     adj 1: in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of
            the machine" [ant: nonmoving]
     2: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her
        case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"-
        N. Hawthorne [ant: unmoving]
     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'" [ant: still]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Move \Move\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Moving.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf.
   Gr. ? to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[=i]v,
   p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt,
   Mob, Mutable, Mutiny.]
   1. 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, the wind moves a
      vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

   2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from
      one space or position to another, according to the rules
      of the game; as, to move a king.
Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
   1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
      moving car, or power.

   2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
      sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
      as, a moving appeal.

            I sang an old moving story.           --Coleridge.

   Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
      deflects the motion of a body.

   Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium
      gyrans); -- so called because its leaflets have a
      distinct automatic motion.
Moving \Mov"ing\, n.
   The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
   changing one's dwelling place or place of business.

   Moving day, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
      number of tenants change their dwelling place.