re·move (r -m v )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 remov  re : re-, re- + movre, to move; see move.]re·mov er n. |
remove
Verb
[-moving, -moved]
1. to take away and place elsewhere
2. to take (clothing) off
3. get rid of
4. to dismiss (someone) from office
5. Formal to change the location of one's home or place of business
Noun
1. the degree of difference: one remove away from complete rebuttal
2. Brit (in certain schools) a class or form designed to prepare pupils for senior classes [Old French removoir]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | remove - degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"; distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points |
| Verb | 1. | remove - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" harvest - remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals" tip - remove the tip from; "tip artichokes" stem - remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed" extirpate - surgically remove (an organ) enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover exenterate - remove the contents of (an organ) enucleate - remove the nucleus from (a cell) decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ) bail - remove (water) from a vessel with a container undress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" ablate - remove an organ or bodily structure clean - remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it" winnow - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff" pick - remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure" lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!" seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes" unhinge - remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door" shuck - remove the shucks from; "shuck corn" hull - remove the hulls from; "hull the berries" crumb - remove crumbs from; "crumb the table" chip away, chip away at - remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life" burl - remove the burls from cloth knock out - destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out" hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize - remove the pituitary glands degas - remove gas from clear away, clear off - remove from sight flick - remove with a flick (of the hand) strip - remove a constituent from a liquid clear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road" defang - remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake" shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" shuck - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters" dehorn - prevent the growth of horns of certain animals scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden" |
| 2. | remove - remove from a position or an office unseat - remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat" boot out, drum out, oust, expel, kick out, throw out - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket" pull off - cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged" winkle out - force from a place or position; "The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates" invalid - force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen bench - take out of a game; of players | |
| 3. | remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" slough off - discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers" comb out, weed out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities" work off - cause to go away through effort or work; "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt" cull - remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" dump, ditch - sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" unmuzzle - remove the muzzle from (a dog) decaffeinate - remove caffeine from (coffee) decarbonate - remove carbon dioxide from decerebrate - remove the cerebrum from (a human body) dechlorinate - remove chlorine from (water) defat - remove the fat from defibrinate - remove fibrin from (blood) degrease - remove grease or oil from (a pan) deionize - remove ions from delist - remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange delocalize - remove from the proper or usual locality deoxygenate - remove oxygen from (water) destain - remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast desulfurize, desulphurize - remove sulfur from detick - free (a pet) of ticks devein - remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp) fettle - remove mold marks or sand from (a casting) flesh - remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture flense - strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal) kern - remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) pith - remove the pith from (a plant) scum - remove the scum from unbridle - remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) | |
| 4. | remove - cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom" clear - remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat" call in - take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player estrange - remove from customary environment or associations; "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home" | |
| 5. |  remove - shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" | |
| 6. |  remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself" | |
| 7. | remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" burke - murder without leaving a trace on the body execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" | |
| 8. | remove - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" wash away - eliminate; "wash away all the differences" |
remove
verb 4. dismiss, eliminate, get rid of, discharge, abolish, expel, throw out, oust, relegate, purge, eject, do away with, depose, unseat, see the back of, dethrone, show someone the door, give the bum's rush (slang) throw out on your ear (informal) << OPPOSITE appoint
verb 6. take away, move, pull, transfer, detach, displace, do away with, dislodge, cart off (slang) carry off or away << OPPOSITE put back
verb 8. move, transfer, transport, shift, quit, depart, move away, relocate, vacate, flit Scot., Northern English (dialect)
verb 9. kill, murder, do in (slang) eliminate, take out (slang) get rid of, execute, wipe out, dispose of, assassinate, do away with, liquidate, bump off (slang) wipe from the face of the earth
Translations
remove [rɪˈmuːv] vt → quitar [+ employee]; destituir [+ name] (from list) → tachar, borrar [+ doubt]; disipar;
(MED) → extirpar;
remove [rɪˈmuːv] vt → enlever, retirer [+ employee]; renvoyer [+ stain]; faire partir [+ abuse]; supprimer [+ doubt]; chasser;
remove [rɪˈmuːv] vt → entfernen;
(clothing) → ausziehen;
(bandage etc) → abnehmen;
(employee) → entlassen;
(name) (from list) → streichen;
(doubt, threat, obstacle) → beseitigen;
remove [rɪˈmuːv] vt → togliere, rimuovere [+ employee]; destituire [+ stain]; far sparire [+ doubt, abuse]; sopprimere, eliminare;
v remove [rəˈmuːv]
1 to take away Will someone please remove all this rubbish!; He removed all the evidence of his crimes; I can't remove this stain from my shirt; He has been removed from the post of minister of education. verwyder يُزيل، يُبْعِد махам odstranit fjerne entfernen απομακρύνω quitar, llevarse kõrvaldama برداشتن؛ انتقال دادن poistaa enlever לְסָלֵק हटा देना ukloniti, maknuti eltávolít menyingkirkan fjarlægja rimuovere, togliere 取り除く 치우다, 제거하다, 옮기다 pašalinti aizvākt; novākt; atcelt (no amata) mengambil verwijderen fjerne, ta bort usunąć tirar a lua, a îndepărta убирать odstrániť odstraniti ukloniti avlägsna, ta bort, flytta undan เอาออกไป ortadan kaldırmak, çıkarmak, gidermek 消除 усувати; виносити کسے جگہ سے ہٹانا di chuyển; dọn; cách chức 消除
2 to take off (a piece of clothing) Please remove your hat. afhaal, uittrek يَخْلَع събличам sundat tage af ablegen βγάζω quitarse lahti riietuma, ära võtma در آوردن riisua ôter לְהָסִיר दूर करना, एक जगह से दूसरी जगह जाना skinuti levesz menanggalkan fara úr togliere 脱ぐ 벗다 nusiimti noņemt; novilkt menanggalkan uittrekken ta av seg zdjąć tirar a scoate снимать zložiť odložiti skinuti ta av [] ถอดออก çıkarmak 脫掉 знімати, скидати اتارنا cởi 脱掉
3 to move to a new house etc He has removed to London. verhuis na يَنْتَقِل إلى премествам се přestěhovat se flytte ziehen μετακομίζω mudarse kolima نقل مکان کردن muuttaa déménager לַעֲבוֹר एक घर से दूसरे घर जाना preseliti elköltözik pindah flytjast búferlum trasferirsi 引越す 해고하다 persikelti pārcelties pindah verhuizen flytte przenieść się mudar-se a se muta переезжать presťahovať sa preseliti se preseliti se []flytta ย้าย taşınmak 遷移 переїжджати نقل مکانی کرنا chuyển đi 迁移
adj reˈmovable
verwyderbaar قابِل للنَّقْل أو الإزالَه сменяем odstranitelný flytbar behebbar κινητός desmontable, de quita y pon kõrvaldatav برداشتنی؛ تغییر جا دادنی siirrettävä mobile נִיתָן לְהַסָרָה हटाये जाने योग्य odstranjiv, koji se može smijeniti elmozdítható, hordozható, megszüntethető bisa dipindahkan flytjanlegur; sem hægt er að taka af rimovibile 取りはずしのできる 제거할 수 있는 kilnojamas, nuimamas noņemams; pārvietojams; nomaināms boleh dipindahkan verwijderbaar avtakbar, utskiftbar ruchomy, usuwalny removível detaşabil, mobil сменяемый; съёмный odstrániteľný odstranljiv odstranjiv avtagbar, flyttbar เคลื่อนย้ายได้ atılabilir 可移動的 рухомий; знімний ہٹاءے جانے کے قابل có thể di chuyển được 可移动的
n reˈmoval
the act of removing or the state of being removed, especially the moving of furniture etc to a new home After his removal from power, the dictator was sent into exile; Our removal is to take place on Monday; (also adjective ) a removal van. verhuising نَقْل، عَزْل، إبْعاد пренасяне sesazení; stěhování flytning; flytte-; afsættelse die Absetzung, der Umzug; Möbel-... απομάκρυνση, μετακόμιση extirpación, eliminación; mudanza kõrvaldamine, kolimine جابه جایی؛ نقل مکان muutto, siirto renvoi; (de) déménagement הֲסָרָה सरकाव uklanjanje, preseljenje elszállítás; elköltözés; eltávolítás kepindahan flutningur; brottrekstur rimozione; trasloco 移動 제거, 이동, 해고, 이사 pašalinimas, baldų pervežimas atcelšana (no amata); novākšana; pārcelšanās pemindahan verhuizing, verwijdering avsettelse, (for)flytting usunięcie, przeprowadzka mudança îndepărtare; mutare отстранение; переезд odstránenie; sťahovanie; sťahovací odstranitev; preselitev uklanjanje avlägsnande, flyttning; flytt- การเคลื่อนย้ายได้; การย้ายออก çıkarma, çıkarılma; taşıma 移動 переміщення; переїзд برطرفی sự di chuyển 移动
n reˈmover
a person or thing that removes a stain remover; a firm of furniture removers. verhuiser مُزيل носач; препарат за чистене odstraňovač; speditér flyttemand; flyttefirma; -fjerner der Entferner,der Spediteur μεταφορέας, κτ. για να που χρησιμοποιείται απομακρύνει κτ. άλλο empleado de mudanzas; producto que elimina algo (por ej. quitamanchas) eemaldaja, kolija اسباب کش؛ زایل کننده؛ پاک کننده poistoaine, muuttomies détachant; déménageur מְסִיר धोने वाला, साफ करने वाला uklanjač, odstranjivač tisztító; szállító pemindah flutningamaður (chi rimuove/trasferisce) 除去剤 제거자, 벗기는 것 (dėmių) valiklis, pervežėjas attraipotājs; mēbeļu pārvadātājs pemindah verhuizer fjerner; flyttebyrå zmywacz, spedytor, przewoźnik (o) que remove soluţie de scos petele; persoană/firmă care face mutări средство для удаления чего-л.; перевозчик odstraňovač (čoho); špeditér odstranjevalec; ki se ukvarja s selitvami špediter []borttagare, flyttkarl คนหรือสิ่งที่โยกย้าย taşıyıcı; çıkarıcı 搬運工;消除劑 перевізник меблів; засіб для виведення плям وہ جس کا پیشہ اسباب اٹھانا ہو người dọn đồ; vật bỏ đi 搬运工;消除剂
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