English edit

Etymology edit

From move +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)

Noun edit

mover (plural movers)

  1. Someone who or something that moves.
  2. A dancer.
  3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
    Synonym: (chiefly Australia) removalist
    I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
  4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
  5. A product that sells well.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 389:
      "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up.

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Aragonese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin movēre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /moˈbe(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: mo‧ver

Verb edit

mover

  1. to move

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin movēre.

Verb edit

mover

  1. to move

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre.

Verb edit

mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movín, past participle movido)
mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movim or movi, past participle movido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to move

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Interlingua edit

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mover

  1. (transitive) to move

mover se

  1. (reflexive) to move

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Old French edit

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mover

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of movoir

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin movēre.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mover

  1. to move

Descendants edit

  • Occitan: mòure, mòver, mòguer

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mover, from Latin movēre.

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  • Hyphenation: mo‧ver

Verb edit

mover (first-person singular present movo, first-person singular preterite movi, past participle movido)

  1. to move (change position)
    Synonyms: deslocar, mexer, movimentar
  2. to induce; to persuade
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:induzir
  3. (law, with contra following the object) to sue (file legal action)
    Synonym: processar
    João moveu uma ação contra Pedro.John sued Peter.
  4. (chess and other games) to move (change the place of a piece)
    Synonyms: mexer, movimentar

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish mover, from Latin movēre. Compare English move.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /moˈbeɾ/ [moˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧ver

Verb edit

mover (first-person singular present muevo, first-person singular preterite moví, past participle movido)

  1. (transitive) to move (to cause to change place or posture)
  2. (transitive) to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather)
  3. (transitive) to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes)
  4. (transitive) to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging)
  5. (transitive) to move to, to cause to
  6. (transitive) to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail)
  7. (reflexive) to move (to change place or posture)
  8. (reflexive) to shift
    La tierra se movió.
    The ground shifted.
  9. (reflexive) to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel)
  10. (reflexive) to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move (in an agitated manner)
    La bebé no se movió para nada toda la noche.
    The baby didn't stir at all the entire night.
    ¡Deja de moverte!
    Stop fidgeting!
  11. (reflexive) to get a move on (idiom)
  12. (reflexive) to be moved (by a performance, etc.)

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