moutonner, v.a. and n., to make woolly, fleecy; to curl to frizzle; (nav.) to foam; (of a crowd) to rear their heads; to worm anything out of any one; to spy upon, to denounce.
moutonneu-x, -se, adj., woolly; foamy, rough (of waves).
moutonni-er, -ère, adj., fleecy, woolly; sheep-like, silly.
mouture, n.f., grinding; charge for grinding; meslin of wheat, rye, and barley. Tirer d’un sac deux —s; to get a double profit on anything.
mouvance, n.f., (feudalism) tenure.
mouvant, -e, adj., moving, shifting, unstable; (jur.) depending on; (her.) issuant; animated, busy. Sable —; quicksand.
mouvement (moov-mān), n.m., movement, motion, progress, advance, march; move, manœuvre; fluctuation; (mus.) time; (paint.) animation, life, bustle, stir; spirit; impulse, emotion, disturbance, commotion; (horl.) works; animation, sparkle (of style); bursts (of eloquence). Se donner du —; to bestir one’s self. — naturel; natural impulse. Faire une chose de son propre —; to do a thing of one’s own accord. Se mettre en —; to stir, to start; (mil.) to move forward, to advance.
mouver, v.a., (gard.) to loosen, to stir.
mouvoir (mouvant, mu), v.a., to move, to stir; to prompt, to stir up, to actuate; to excite.
se mouvoir, v.r., to move, to stir, to be moved. Faire se —; to set in motion.