Mover
['muːvə] or ['muvɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another.
(noun.) someone who moves.
(noun.) workman employed by a moving company; 'the movers were very careful with the grand piano'.
Typist: Veronica--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.
(n.) A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor.
(n.) One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.
(n.) A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution in a legislative body.
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Examples
- The friendly movers made such an obvious effort not to look at one another, that they might as well have stared at one another with all their might. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What was the stupefaction of the friendly movers when this object at last emerging, proved to be a much-dilapidated dark lantern! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By means of pulleys, awnings are raised and lowered, and the use of pulleys by furniture movers, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The friendly movers might not have been quite at their ease, even though the visitor had entered in the usual manner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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