remove

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

(verb)

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

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See remove in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb removed, removing

  1. to move (something) from where it is; lift, push, transfer, or carry away, or from one place to another
  2. to take off: to remove one's coat
  3. 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
  4. to take, extract, separate, or withdraw (someone or something from)

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

intransitive verb

  1. Old Poet. to go away
  2. to move away, as to another residence or place of business; move
  3. to be removable: paint that removes easily

noun

  1. the act of removing
  2. the distance between one thing and another: living at a far remove from here
  3. any step, interval, or degree: but one short remove from victory
  4. Brit. a move to another residence or place of business: a formal usage

See remove in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·moved, re·mov·ing, re·moves
verb, transitive
  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.
verb, intransitive
  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.
noun
  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).

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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Related Forms:

  • re·movˈer noun

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