take away

take away

Verb

1. to remove or subtract: the lymph glands are taken away and examined under a microscope

2. to detract from or lessen the value of (something): the fact that he beat his wife doesn't take away from his merits as a writer

prep

minus: six take away two is four

Adjective

takeaway

Brit, Austral, & NZ sold for consumption away from the premises: takeaway food

Noun

takeaway Brit, Austral, & NZ

1. a shop or restaurant that sells such food

2. a meal sold for consumption away from the premises

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"