mover
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈmuːvər/
- US
:
empresa de mudanzas
- The movers are probably taking a two-hour lunch break.
- furniture movers
- hire a mover
- pay the movers
Everybody was yelling and the movers were threatening them.
- Everybody was yelling and the movers were threatening them.
- We were just moving last weekend and Ella was like, it took the movers three whole hours.
- That's how I live my life as a piano mover.
- Now movers can do it quickly because they've got the skills.
- I have to wait for the movers to come and pick up a lot of the things that are in that room and that kind of ties into the playroom plans, so.
- There's the big what we call furniture movers, the big illusionists and most of those things those that type of show is really money more than talent.
Examples
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The movers arrived early and quickly loaded the furniture onto the truck.
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I'll be lucky if I can get the movers here by Saturday.
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What time do the movers get here in the morning?
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I told the movers to come a week from today.
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The movers will be here in about an hour.
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The movers are here with my things.
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After you get the storage space, call some movers and arrange transport.
Fiction book (2000) -
Movers will be here in a little bit, and they charge by the hour.
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Cece pays professional movers $1,000 to help her move to a new apartment.
Academic text (2018) -
Hanna and Rebecca helped by staying out of the movers' way and packing their own things.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
238
2.9
A person or company that delivers letters and packages
10
4.1
A person or company that moves goods by truck on roads
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2.8
A business that takes people's or companies' things to a new place
2
3.4
A person who moves furniture and other belongings to another place
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3.0
A business that moves furniture and boxes for people or businesses to a new place
A company that moves furniture and boxes for people and businesses to a new place
A company that carries furniture and boxes for a fee
A person or company that helps someone move to a new place
Compounds
- Formal
1
9.9
A first being people think starts everything, often the God of some religions
- Specialized
A problem when a company enters a market before others, like high costs or being copied
- Jargon
A chess puzzle where White must checkmate Black within a set number of moves greater than three
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Etymology
Mover is made from move + -er, with 'move' meaning 'to change place' and -er meaning 'one who does it'. So a mover is simply 'one who moves' people's belongings from one place to another.