Definition of "maneuver"

(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.  quotations  examples

A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.  examples

(medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.  examples

A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.  examples

(transitive, intransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.  examples

(figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully  examples

(figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme  examples