Definition of remove

noun (n)

• degree of figurative distance or separation (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  Just one remove from madness.
  It imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of removing; a removal. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change)

  Synonym: take, take away, withdraw
  

  Example:
  Remove a threat.
  Remove a wrapper.
  Remove the dirty dishes from the table.
  

  source: wordnet30
• remove from a position or an office (verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• dispose of (verb.possession)

  Synonym: clean up, get rid of
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to leave (verb.social)

  Synonym: move out, take out
  

  source: wordnet30
• shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes (verb.motion)

  Synonym: transfer
  

  Example:
  He removed his children to the countryside.
  Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city.
  Remove a case to another court.
  

  source: wordnet30
• go away or leave (verb.change)

  Synonym: absent, depart, quit, take leave
  

  source: wordnet30
• kill intentionally and with premeditation (verb.social)

  Synonym: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, slay
  

  source: wordnet30
• get rid of something abstract (verb.change)

  Synonym: take away
  

  Example:
  The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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