maneuver

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

• noun A movement or combination of movements involving skill and dexterity.
• noun A controlled change in movement or direction of a moving vehicle or vessel, as in the flight path of an aircraft.
• noun A strategic or tactical military or naval movement.
• noun A large-scale tactical exercise carried out under simulated conditions of war.
• noun A skillful or cunning action undertaken to gain an end: synonym: wile.
• noun The undertaking of such actions.
• intransitive verb To make a controlled series of changes in movement or direction toward an objective.
• intransitive verb To carry out a military or naval maneuver.
• intransitive verb To act with skill or cunning in gaining an end.
• intransitive verb To move or direct through a series of movements or changes in course.
• intransitive verb To alter the tactical placement of (troops or warships).
• intransitive verb To manipulate into a desired position or toward a predetermined goal.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A planned and regulated movement, particularly of troops or warvessels; any strategic evolution, movement, or change of position among companies, battalions, regiments, or of a ship or ships, etc.—2. Management with address or artful design; an adroit move or procedure; intrigue; stratagem.
• noun An affected trick of manner to attract notice: as, he is full of manœuvers.
• To perform manœuvers; move or change positions among troops or ships for the purpose of advantageous attack or defense, or in military exercise for the purpose of discipline.
• To manage with address or art; employ intrigue or stratagem to effect a purpose.
• To change the position of, as troops or ships; cause to perform strategic evolutions.
• To affect in some specified way by a manœuver or by manœuvers.
• To manipulate.
• See manœuver.

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

• transitive verb To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.
• noun Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.
• noun Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
• intransitive verb To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense.
• intransitive verb To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports.
• intransitive verb To manage with address or art; to scheme.

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

• noun US A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
• noun US, often plural A large training field exercise of military troops.
• verb US (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
• verb figuratively (transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
• verb figuratively (intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

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

• noun a military training exercise
• noun an action aimed at evading an opponent
• noun a move made to gain a tactical end
• verb perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
• noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
• verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
• noun a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
• verb act in order to achieve a certain goal