Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having or making no motion.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without motion; being at rest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Without motion; being at rest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not in physical motion

Etymologies

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motion +‎ -less

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Examples

  • The Buck will look around and go back to feeding and its tail will remain motionless until it starts to look up again.

    The Best Camo for Hunting Away from Home 2009

  • The Buck will look around and go back to feeding and its tail will remain motionless until it starts to look up again.

    The Best Camo for Hunting Away from Home 2009

  • You would then be instructed to remain motionless for a specified time.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Remaining motionless is their best defense, but when startled, snowshoes rely on their long, powerful hind legs to run away from danger.

    How to Hunt Snowshoe Hares 2005

  • When the car's occupants remain motionless, the woman gives an exaggerated shrug before advancing to the quatre-quatre* just behind us.

    French Word-A-Day: 2004

  • When the car's occupants remain motionless, the woman gives an exaggerated shrug before advancing to the quatre-quatre* just behind us.

    French Word-A-Day: 2004

  • When the car's occupants remain motionless, the woman gives an exaggerated shrug before advancing to the quatre-quatre* just behind us.

    essuyer - French Word-A-Day 2004

  • The two sides of the fault remain motionless until the shearing force of the plates 'movement overwhelms the strength of the rock itself.

    Living on the Fault Line 1981

  • The two sides of the fault remain motionless until the shearing force of the plates 'movement overwhelms the strength of the rock itself.

    Living on the Fault Line 1981

  • How can we remain motionless when our youth the cream of the population are calling for land?

    A Habitant Looks Over Canada 1933

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