remover
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
remover (plural removers)
- Agent noun of remove; one who, or that which, removes.
- We had to take my little brother to the hospital when he swallowed some of my sister's nail-polish remover.
- (obsolete) An agitator.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Fortune”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- A hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover
Derived terms
Old French
Verb
remover
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of removoir
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese remover, from Latin removēre (“to remove”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧mo‧ver
Verb
remover (first-person singular present removo, first-person singular preterite removi, past participle removido)
- to remove
Conjugation
Conjugation of remover (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
remover (first-person singular present remuevo, first-person singular preterite removí, past participle removido)
- to stir (a liquid)
- Synonym: revolver
- to remove, to take away, to move
- Synonym: quitar
- to dismiss
- to disturb, to upset
Conjugation
Conjugation of remover (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of remover (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “remover”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014