take away

take away

vb (tr, adverb)

to deduct; subtract take away four from nine to leave five

prep

minus nine take away four is five

adj takeaway Brit, Austral, and NZ

1. (Cookery) sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared a takeaway meal

2. (Cookery) preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises a takeaway Indian restaurant

n takeaway Brit, Austral, and NZ

1. (Cookery) a shop or restaurant that sells such food let's go to the Chinese takeaway

2. (Cookery) a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant we'll have a Chinese takeaway tonight to save cooking Scot word (for senses 3-6) carry-out US and Canadian word (for senses 3-6) takeout

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	take away - remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off remove, take away, withdraw, take - 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" spirit away - carry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriously spirit away, spirit off - carry off mysteriously; as if by magic whisk away, whisk off - take away quickly and suddenly fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
	2.	take away - 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" remove, 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"
	3.	take away - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" take out remove, take away, withdraw, take - 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" bus - remove used dishes from the table in restaurants obliterate, wipe out, kill - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out, mark - remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" delete, erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" cart away, cart off, haul away, haul off - take away by means of a vehicle; "They carted off the old furniture" add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
	4.	take away - take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
	5.	take away - buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook" take out eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
	6.	take away - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" remove wash away - eliminate; "wash away all the differences"
	7.	take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" detract cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

Translations

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