To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.
To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result.
They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud.
That explains why one is able to move about so freely inside.
The curtains, being crossed inside, enabled him to move about unseen; but they were open at the top, leaving an inverted triangle through which he could see by climbing on to the balustrade.
And more than that: I must have in my pocket a permit written in your own hand, sir, which will give me every latitude to move about as I wish in the French lines and to call for any assistance that can be of use to me.
Then madame spoke: "He may have a reason to want to see and to move about.
The bright little figures ceased to move about below, a noiseless owl flitted by, and I shivered with the chill of the night.
And why cannot we move in Time as we move about in the other dimensions of Space?
You can move about in all directions of Space, but you cannot move about in Time.
The new town, or rather the new part of the town, has wide streets and is sufficiently well paved to allow carriages and carts to move about; the pavement is excellent for Syria, but would have been considered very poor in an American city.
The villages are built on mounds to keep them out of the way of the inundation which covers all the flat country and makes it difficult to move about.
In most cases, when he was obliged to move about, he did it without rising.
They are said to be so exceedingly strong and active as to move about, with the greatest ease, things that are many times their own weight.
The instant, however, that the other unmoored his tent and began to move about, the invader renewed his efforts to eject him, persevering in the struggle for several hours, but without a chance of success.
If forced to move about, the hind legs are drawn forward with a peculiar, stiff, dragging movement, and there may be slight muscular trembling over all the body, which becomes more intense as the disease progresses.
The animal becomes dull, languid, and is not inclined to move about, and the appetite may become impaired; there is also variable temperature of the horns and ears.
In the early stages the animal appears listless, disinclined to move about, and lies down in shady and quiet places.
Here is a quiet stage in which the insect is unable to move about or to take any food, in which it seems entirely dormant and as a rule is fairly well hidden from the view of enemies.
These cells are supposed to move about freely in the yolk, which acts as a kind of intercellular medium.
It continues for some few days to move about, but eventually drops its cilia, and becomes dilated at one extremity, by which it then becomes attached.
In the Tipulidae the larval skin is thrown off at the pupa stage, and in some cases the pupae continue to move about.
After some weeks, when the uneasy feelings have subsided, the position is changed, the patient is set up, and encouraged to move about, supporting the weight of the body upon crutches.
He will thus be enabled to use his limbs, to move about, and repair his general health, the weight of the head being taken from the weakened column.
But there was room enough to move about, and have some comfort.
The young millionaire made up his mind that he would have a muffler on his airship, and also more room to move about.
Of course in their craft, with space to move about in the cabin, they had an advantage over the ordinary aviator, who, in case of engine trouble, has no place to step to to make an examination.
By this time my uncle had almost recovered from his wound, and Oliver and the Malay were much better and able to move about.
They required, however, assistance to move about, which I and the third mate, and a young civilian going out to Singapore, had the satisfaction of rendering them.
Suddenly the birds began to move about in the most extraordinary manner, stretching out their necks, raising their beautifully-tinted plumes, and elevating their wings, which they kept in a continual state of vibration.
Lotty had found the suspense insupportable as she lay still, and, though the pains in her chest grew worse and the feeling of lassitude was gaining upon her, she had half-dressed, and even tried to move about.
Mrs. Enderby frequently had her hired brougham, and made use of it to move about a good deal where people see and are seen.
Thus, in some cases of hysteria where the patient lies abed owing to her belief that she is unable to move about, she is apt in time to become enormously stout.
At the seventh week massage is used on alternate days, and is commonly laid aside when the patient gets up and begins to move about.
Most often we incline to insist on exercise, and are led to do so from a belief that many people walk too little, and that to move about a good deal every day is well for everybody.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "move about" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
