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Definitions for Remove

[1] to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
[2] to take off or shed (an article of clothing): to remove one's jacket.
[3] to move or shift to another place or position; transfer: She removed the painting to another wall.
[4] to put out; send away: to remove a tenant.
[5] to dismiss or force from a position or office; discharge: They removed him for embezzling.
[6] to take away, withdraw, or eliminate: to remove the threat of danger.
[7] to get rid of; do away with; put an end to: to remove a stain; to remove the source of disease.
[8] to kill; assassinate.
[9] to move from one place to another, especially to another locality or residence: We remove to Newport early in July.
[10] to go away; depart; disappear.
[11] the act of removing.
[12] a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.
[13] the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another: to see something at a remove.
[14] a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience: to criticize something at a remove.
[15] a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc.: a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.
[16] a step or degree, as in a graded scale.
[17] British . a promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.
[18] to take away and place elsewhere
[19] to displace (someone) from office; dismiss
[20] to do away with (a grievance, cause of anxiety, etc); abolish
[21] to cause (dirt, stains, or anything unwanted) to disappear; get rid of
[22] euphemistic to assassinate; kill
[23] (intr) formal to change the location of one's home or place of business the publishers have removed to Mayfair
[24] the act of removing, esp (formal) a removal of one's residence or place of work
[25] the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another only one remove from madness
[26] British (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
[27] (at a formal dinner, formerly) a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains on the table

Words related to Remove

expel, erase, ship, extract, transport, transfer, abolish, eliminate, separate, dismiss, evacuate, discard, discharge, raise, oust, withdraw, delete, exclude, eradicate, efface

Words nearby Remove

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Origin of Remove

1250–1300; Middle English removen (v.) < Old French remouvoir < Latin removēre. See re-, move

Other words from Remove

pre·re·move , verb (used with object), pre·re·moved, pre·re·mov·ing.

Word origin for Remove

C14: from Old French removoir , from Latin removēre ; see move

Synonyms for Remove

abolish, clear away, cut out, delete, discard, discharge, dismiss, eliminate, erase, evacuate, expel, extract, get rid of, oust, pull out, raise, separate, ship, take out, transfer, transport, withdraw, abstract, amputate, depose, detach, dethrone, dislodge, displace, disturb, doff, efface, eject, expunge, junk, purge, relegate, shed, skim, unload, unseat, uproot, carry away, carry off, cart off, dig out, do away with, rip out, strike out, take down, tear out, throw out, wipe out