move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

reef - lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"

depress - lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

dip - lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"

incline - lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student"

horseback riding, riding - riding a horse as a means of transportation

come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

bolt - swallow hastily

chill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"

discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

transcribe - write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"

notate - put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"

dash down, dash off - write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer"

note, take down - make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"

recommence - beging again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"

strike out - set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own"

fall - begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"

jump off - set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman set off to a good start in his math class"

get to - arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away form home too long"

auspicate - commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"

attack - set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"

break in - start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role

launch, plunge - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

come on - become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"

embark, enter - set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career"

get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving, bestir oneself, get cracking, get going - start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"

begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"