remove

Speech parts

1. remove - Noun

2. remove - Verb

Meaning

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.

To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

The act of removing; a removal.

The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.

The state of being removed.

That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

withdraw get rid of take out take away take separate slay transfer murder eliminate extract cancel exclude abolish expel
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Antonyms

place add mark armory arsenal repertory
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Hypernyms

distance transfer kill shift disappear vanish

Hyponyms

burke kern burr burl wash laden

Phrases with the word

remove from a list of remove a product from the list remove a product from the list of remove from a category remove from a list remove from a register of

Derivatives

removed removing

Examples

To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. Laozi

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. Pablo Picasso

If you want to dismantle a hedge, remove one thorn bush at a time. Somali Proverb

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. Chinese Proverb

Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

removal van removalist removall remove a name remove a product from the list remove a product from the list of