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remover

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re·move  (r-mv)
v. re·moved, re·mov·ing, re·moves
v.tr.
1. To move from a place or position occupied: removed the cups from the table.
2. To transfer or convey from one place to another: removed the family to Texas.
3. To take off: removed my boots.
4. To take away; withdraw: removed the candidate's name from consideration.
5. To do away with; eliminate: remove a stain.
6. To dismiss from an office or position.
v.intr.
1. To change one's place of residence or business; move: "In 1751, I removed from the country to the town" (David Hume).
2. To go away; depart.
3. To be removable: paint that removes with water.
n.
1. The act of removing; removal.
2. Distance or degree of separation or remoteness: "to spill, though at a safe remove, the blood of brave men" (Anthony Burgess).

[Middle English removen, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removre : re-, re- + movre, to move; see move.]

re·mover n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.removerremover - a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface); "paint remover"; "rust remover"; "hair remover"
dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent - a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"
2.remover - someone who works for a company that moves furniture
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
mover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano"
Translations
remover [rɪˈmuːvəʳ] N
1. (= person) → agente mf de mudanzas
2. (= substance) make-up removerdesmaquillador m, desmaquillante m
nail polish removerquitaesmalte m
stain removerquitamanchas m inv
remover [rɪˈmuːvər] n (for paint)décapant m; (for varnish)dissolvant m make-up remover, stain remover
remover
n
(for nail varnish, stains etc) → Entferner m
(Brit: = removal man) → Möbelpacker m
remover [rɪˈmuːvəʳ] n
a. (removal man) → addetto ai traslochi removers npl (Brit) (firm) → ditta fsg or impresa fsg di traslochi
b. (of stains) → smacchiatore m; (of nail varnish) → solvente m; (of paint, varnish) → sverniciatore m
make-up remover → struccatore m

remover [rɪˈmuːvəʳ] n
a. (removal man) → addetto ai traslochi removers npl (Brit) (firm) → ditta fsg or impresa fsg di traslochi
b. (of stains) → smacchiatore m; (of nail varnish) → solvente m; (of paint, varnish) → sverniciatore m
make-up remover → struccatore m


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An hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover (the French hath it better, entreprenant, or remuant); but the exercised fortune maketh the able man.
 
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