remove
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- degree of figurative distance or separation“just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";”
Verb (8)
- 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”Synonyms: taketake awaywithdraw
- remove from a position or an office
- dispose of“Get rid of these old shoes!”“The company got rid of all the dead wood”Synonyms: get rid of
- cause to leave“The teacher took the children out of the classroom”Synonyms: take outmove out
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes“He removed his children to the countryside”“Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city”“remove a case to another court”Synonyms: transfer
- go away or leave“He absented himself”Synonyms: absent
- kill intentionally and with premeditation“The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”Synonyms: murderslayhitdispatchbump offoffpolish off
- get rid of something abstract“The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”“God takes away your sins”Synonyms: take away
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. [1913 Webster]
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.— Deut. xix. 14.[1913 Webster]
When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]
2.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. "King Richard thus removed." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3.To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters. [1913 Webster]
Note: See the Note under Remove, v. i. [1913 Webster]
1.The act of removing; a removal. [1913 Webster]
This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]
2.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. [1913 Webster]
It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire.— J. H. Newman.[1913 Webster]
3.The state of being removed. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
4.That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else. [1913 Webster]
5.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. [1913 Webster]
A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
6.(Far.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I can not taint with fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Note: The verb remove, in some of its application, is synonymous with move, but not in all. Thus we do not apply remove to a mere change of posture, without a change of place or the seat of a thing. A man moves his head when he turns it, or his finger when he bends it, but he does not remove it. Remove usually or always denotes a change of place in a body, but we never apply it to a regular, continued course or motion. We never say the wind or water, or a ship, removes at a certain rate by the hour; but we say a ship was removed from one place in a harbor to another. Move is a generic term, including the sense of remove, which is more generally applied to a change from one station or permanent position, stand, or seat, to another station. [1913 Webster]