remove

To remove is to take something away, eliminate something or take something off.

(verb)

When you force someone to leave a room, this is an example of a situation where you remove him from the room.
When you take off your shirt, this is an example of a situation where you remove your shirt.
When you clean your oven, this is an example of a situation where you remove dirt.

See remove in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb removed, removing

to move (something) from where it is; lift, push, transfer, or carry away, or from one place to another
to take off: to remove one's coat
to do away with; specif.,
1. to kill or assassinate
2. to dismiss, as from an office or position
3. to get rid of; eliminate: to remove the causes of war
to take, extract, separate, or withdraw (someone or something from)

Origin: ME remouen < OFr remouvoir < L removere: see re- & move

intransitive verb

noun

See remove in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·moved, re·mov·ing, re·moves

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To change one's place of residence or business; move: “In 1751, I removed from the country to the town” (David Hume).
To go away; depart.
To be removable: paint that removes with water.

noun

The act of removing; removal.
Distance or degree of separation or remoteness: “to spill, though at a safe remove, the blood of brave men” (Anthony Burgess).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English removen

Origin: , from Old French remouvoir

Origin: , from Latin removēre

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + movēre, to move; see move

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