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MOVER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another

Synonyms:

mover; moving company; public mover; removal company; removal firm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):

company (an institution created to conduct business)

Derivation:

move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who moves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mover"):

advancer (someone who advances)

ascender (someone who ascends)

coaster (someone who coasts)

descender (someone who descends)

hitter; striker (someone who hits)

lunger (someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing))

puller (someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself)

pusher; shover (someone who pushes)

scrambler (a rapid mover; someone who scrambles)

transferer; transferrer (someone who transfers something)

traverser (someone who moves or passes across)

Derivation:

move (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Workman employed by a moving company

Example:

the movers were very careful with the grand piano

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mover"):

remover (someone who works for a company that moves furniture)

Derivation:

move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

Synonyms:

mover; proposer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mover" is a kind of...):

conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)

Domain category:

order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mover"):

nominator (someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election)

Derivation:

move (be in a state of action)

move (propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting)

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