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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).

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

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re·mover n.

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remove [rɪˈmuːv]

vb (mainly tr)

1. to take away and place elsewhere

2. to displace (someone) from office; dismiss

3. to do away with (a grievance, cause of anxiety, etc.); abolish

4. to cause (dirt, stains, or anything unwanted) to disappear; get rid of

5. Euphemistic to assassinate; kill

6. (intr) Formal to change the location of one's home or place of business the publishers have removed to Mayfair

n

1. the act of removing, esp (formal) a removal of one's residence or place of work

2. the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another only one remove from madness

3. (Social Science / Education) Brit (in certain schools) a class or form, esp one for children of about 14 years, designed to introduce them to the greater responsibilities of a more senior position in the school

4. (Cookery) (at a formal dinner, formerly) a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains on the table

[from Old French removoir, from Latin removēre; see move]

removable  adj

removability , removableness n

removably  adv

remover  n

Thesaurus

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" take away, withdraw, take depilate, epilate - remove body hair; "epilate her legs" 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, pick - remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" 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" clear up, clear - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat" 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" tear away, tear off - rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror" take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!" take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" stone, pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" 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" scavenge, clean - remove unwanted substances from hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize - remove the pituitary glands degas - remove gas from husk, shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn" bur, burr - remove the burrs from clear away, clear off - remove from sight flick - remove with a flick (of the hand) dismantle, strip - take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" 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" debone, bone - remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it" disembowel, eviscerate, draw - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" shuck - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters" detusk, tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" 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" get rid of 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) de-aerate, deaerate - remove air or gas from 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" move out, take out 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" transfer shift, transfer - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
	6.	remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself" absent disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
	7.	remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" bump off, murder, off, slay, polish off, dispatch, hit 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" take away wash away - eliminate; "wash away all the differences"

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remove

verb

1. take out, withdraw, get out, extract, abstract Remove the cake from the oven.
take out replace, place in, put in, insert, put back

2. take off, pull off, peel off, slip out of, climb out of, doff, divest yourself of He removed his jacket.
take off don, replace, put on

3. erase, eliminate, take out, wipe off, wash off, clean off, rinse off This treatment removes the most stubborn stains.

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) The senate voted to remove him.
dismiss appoint, install

5. get rid of, wipe out, erase, eradicate, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), blot out, expunge Most of her fears have been removed.

6. take away, move, pull, transfer, detach, displace, do away with, dislodge, cart off (slang), carry off or away They tried to remove the barricades which had been erected.
take away put back

7. delete, shed, get rid of, erase, excise, strike out, efface, expunge They intend to remove up to 100 offensive words.

8. amputate, cut off, excise, chop off, hack off, lop off When you remove the branches, cut beyond the trunk ridge.
amputate set, join, link

9. move, transfer, transport, shift, quit, depart, move away, relocate, vacate, flit (Scot. & Northern English dialect) They removed to America.

10. 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 If someone irritates you, remove him, destroy him.

Translations

remove [rɪˈmuːv]

A. VT

1. (= take away) [+ object] → quitar; [+ documents, evidence] → llevarse
remove the pan from the heat → quite la cacerola del fuego
to remove a child from school → sacar or quitar a un niño de la escuela
the demonstrators were forcibly removed by police (from building) → la policía echó a los manifestantes a la fuerza
to remove o.s. → irse, marcharse
kindly remove yourself at once → haga el favor de irse or marcharse inmediatamente
to remove sth/sb to → trasladar or llevar algo/a algn a
her body had been removed to the mortuary → habían trasladado or llevado su cuerpo al tanatorio

2. (= take off) → quitar; [+ one's clothing, make-up] → quitarse
first remove the lid → primero quite la tapa
he removed his jacket → se quitó la chaqueta
he removed his hat → se quitó el sombrero, se descubrió
she had the tattoo removed from her arm → se fue a que le quitaran or se quitó el tatuaje del brazo

3. (= take out) [+ object] → sacar (Med) [+ organ, tumour] → extirpar, quitar; [+ bullet] → extraer, quitar
remove the cake from the oven → saque la tarta del horno

4. (= delete) [+ word, sentence, paragraph] → suprimir, quitar; [+ name from list] → quitar, tachar (from de)

5. (= get rid of) [+ obstacle, threat, waste, problem] → eliminar; [+ doubt, suspicion] → disipar; [+ fear] → acabar con; [+ stain] → quitar
an agreement on removing trade barriers → un acuerdo sobre la eliminación de las barreras comerciales
products that remove unwanted hair → productos que eliminan or quitan el vello superfluo

6. (= dismiss) [+ person] (from post) → destituir
to remove sb from office → destituir a algn de su cargo
to remove sb from power → destituir a algn del poder

B. VI (Brit) (frm) (= move house) → mudarse, trasladarse, cambiarse(Mex) (to a)

C. N this is but one remove from disaster → esto raya en la catástrofe, esto está a un paso de la catástrofe
this is several removes from our official policy → esto dista or se aparta mucho de nuestra política oficial
it's a far remove from → dista mucho de ...
at a or one remove → de lejos
to experience a foreign culture, albeit at a remove → vivir una cultura extranjera, aunque sea de lejos

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remove [rɪˈmuːv]

vt

(= take off or away) [+ clothing, shoes] → retirer, enlever; [+ bag, obstruction, debris] → enlever
He removed his jacket → Il retira sa veste., Il enleva sa veste.
to remove sth from sth (from inside somewhere) → retirer qch de qch
As soon as the cake is done, remove it from the oven → Dès que le gâteau est cuit, retirez-le du four.; (from on top of something) → enlever qch de qch
Could you please remove your bag from my seat? → Est-ce que vous pouvez enlever votre sac de mon siège?

(= get rid of) [+ stain] → ôter
Did you remove the stain? → Est-ce que tu as ôté la tache?, Est-ce que tu as fait partir la tache?

(= do away with) [+ doubt, fear, suspicion] → dissiper; [+ risk, danger] → supprimer
Her behaviour didn't help to remove his suspicions → Sa conduite n'a pas contribué à dissiper ses soupçons.

(= delete) [+ name, word] → supprimer
to remove sth from sth → supprimer qch de qch
I removed his name from the list → J'ai supprimé son nom de la liste

[+ person] (from job) → destituer
to remove sb from office → destituer qn

(= take out surgically) [+ organ, tumour] → pratiquer l'ablation de, enlever; [+ bullet, foreign object] → retirer
an operation to remove his spleen → une splénectomie, une opération pour lui enlever la rate
At least three bullets were removed from his wounds → Au moins trois balles furent retirées de ses blessures.
to have sth removed → se faire retirer qch

n
at one remove (mainly British) → par procuration

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remove

vt

(= take off, take away etc) → entfernen; cover, lid, attachments → abnehmen, entfernen; splint, bandage, tie → abnehmen; clothes → ausziehen; stain → entfernen, beseitigen; buttons, trimmings → abtrennen; lining → abknöpfen; troops → abziehen; weapons → abnehmen (→ from +dat); to remove something from somebody → jdm etw wegnehmen; to remove one’s clothes → die Kleider ablegen; to remove somebody to hospital → jdn ins Krankenhaus einliefern; to remove somebody to the cells → jdn in die Zelle bringen; to remove a child from school → ein Kind von or aus der Schule nehmen; he removed himself to another room → er begab sich in ein anderes Zimmer

(= take out, from container) → herausnehmen (from aus); (Med) lung, kidney → entfernen (from aus); paragraph, word, item on list → streichen; (Tech) → ausbauen (from aus)

(= eradicate) threat → beseitigen; tax, restrictions → aufheben; objection, obstacle → aus dem Weg schaffen or räumen; difficulty, problem → beseitigen, ein Ende machen or setzen (+dat); doubt, suspicion, fear → zerstreuen; abuse, evil → abstellen, beseitigen; (euph: = kill) → beseitigen; to remove all obstacles from one’s path (fig) → alle Hindernisse aus dem Weg räumen

(form: = dismiss) official → entfernen

(form, to another house) → transportieren

to be far removed from … → weit entfernt sein von …; a cousin once/twice removed → ein Cousin m → ersten/zweiten Grades; I’m related to him, but several times removed (inf) → ich bin mit ihm verwandt, aber um ein paar Ecken herum (inf)

vi (form, = move house) to remove to London/to larger premises → nach London/in größere Geschäftsräume (um)ziehen

n

to be only a short remove from … → nicht weit entfernt sein von …; this is but one remove from disaster → das kommt einer Katastrophe nahe; it’s a far remove from … → es ist weit entfernt von …

(Brit, Sch) → Klasse f → für lernschwache Schüler

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remove [rɪˈmuːv]

1. vt (gen) → togliere, levare; (person) → allontanare; (from post) → rimuovere; (stain) → togliere, eliminare; (problem) → allontanare; (doubt, fear) → eliminare, dissipare; (obstacle) → rimuovere, eliminare (Med) → asportare
to remove from → togliere da, levare da
to remove one's make-up → struccarsi
first cousin once removed → cugino/a di secondo grado
far removed from (fig) → ben lontano/a da

2. vi → traslocare
to remove from London to the country → trasferirsi da Londra in campagna

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remove [rɪˈmuːv]

1. vt (gen) → togliere, levare; (person) → allontanare; (from post) → rimuovere; (stain) → togliere, eliminare; (problem) → allontanare; (doubt, fear) → eliminare, dissipare; (obstacle) → rimuovere, eliminare (Med) → asportare
to remove from → togliere da, levare da
to remove one's make-up → struccarsi
first cousin once removed → cugino/a di secondo grado
far removed from (fig) → ben lontano/a da

2. vi → traslocare
to remove from London to the country → trasferirsi da Londra in campagna

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remove

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 제거하다 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 去除 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 옮기다 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 irrotettava 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 renvoi; (de) déménagement הֲסָרָה सरकाव uklanjanje, preseljenje elszállítás; elköltözés; eltávolítás kepindahan flutningur; brottrekstur rimozione; trasloco 移動 제거 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. που χρησιμοποιείται για να απομακρύνει κτ. άλλο empleado de mudanzas; producto que elimina algo (por ej. quitamanchas) eemaldaja, kolija اسباب کش؛ زایل کننده؛ پاک کننده poistaja détachant; déménageur מְסִיר धोने वाला, साफ करने वाला uklanjač, odstranjivač tisztító; szállító pemindah flutningamaður (chi rimuove/trasferisce) 除去剤 움직이게 하는 사람(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，去除劑 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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remove → يُزيِل přemístit fjerne entfernen αφαιρώ suprimir siirtää retirer ukloniti eliminare 移す 제거하다 verwijderen fjerne usunąć remover удалять flytta เคลื่อนย้าย kaldırmak dời đi 移走