Dream Dictionary

Movement

To see normal movement in your dream, represents your ability to cope with various situations. You are able to adapt to the changing environments that you find yourself in.

To see quick, smooth movement, represents self-acceptance and/or your quick wit. You are able to easily express your feelings.

To see slow, difficult movement, indicates a fear of failure. Something is holding you back and preventing you to take chances.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion, movement, move, motility]
  • 2: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" [syn: motion, movement, move]
  • 3: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something [syn: movement, motion]
  • 4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: movement, social movement, front]
  • 5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"
  • 6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort]
  • 7: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn: apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement]
  • 8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn: bowel movement, movement, bm]
  • 9: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend, movement]
  • 10: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
  • 11: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"