to move from a place or position; take away or off:
to remove the napkins from the table.
2.
to take off or shed (an article of clothing):
to remove one's jacket.
3.
to move or shift to another place or position; transfer:
She removed the painting to another wall.
4.
to put out; send away:
to remove a tenant.
5.
to dismiss or force from a position or office; discharge:
They removed him for embezzling.
6.
to take away, withdraw, or eliminate:
to remove the threat of danger.
7.
to get rid of; do away with; put an end to:
to remove a stain; to remove the source of disease.
8.
to kill; assassinate.
verb (used without object), removed, removing.
9.
to move from one place to another, especially to another locality or residence:
We remove to Newport early in July.
10.
to go away; depart; disappear.
noun
11.
the act of removing.
12.
a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.
13.
the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another:
to see something at a remove.
14.
a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience:
to criticize something at a remove.
15.
a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc.:
a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.
16.
a step or degree, as in a graded scale.
17.
British. a promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.
Origin
1250-1300;Middle Englishremoven (v.) < Old Frenchremouvoir < Latinremovēre. See re-, move
Related forms
preremove, verb (used with object), preremoved, preremoving.
Synonyms
1. dislodge. 3. displace, transport. 8. murder.
Antonyms
1. leave. 9. remain.
Examples from the web for remove
It's possible to remove tough, greasy stains with gentle products that do not contain harmful chemical detergents.
After examining the patient, the doctors concurred that it was not possible to remove the bullet.
Then it said it would remove them from its e-mail list.
To remove one possible bias-that litter encourages more litter-the researchers inconspicuously picked up each castaway flyer.
Others have suggested that the hosts either can't recognize foreign eggs or are too small to remove them.
In cold-winter climates, where freeze damage occurs, remove all dead and injured stems.
Using your free hand, remove the cap from the rear of the shot.
The tobacco industry has known for decades how to remove a dangerous isotope from cigarettes but has done nothing about it.
Put tomatoes through food mill or press through strainer to remove seeds and peel.
remove any dead material from the previous season as new growth resumes.
British Dictionary definitions for remove
remove
/rɪˈmuːv/
verb (mainly transitive)
1.
to take away and place elsewhere
2.
to displace (someone) from office; dismiss
3.
to do away with (a grievance, cause of anxiety, etc); abolish
4.
to cause (dirt, stains, or anything unwanted) to disappear; get rid of
5.
(euphemistic) to assassinate; kill
6.
(intransitive) (formal) to change the location of one's home or place of business: the publishers have removed to Mayfair
noun
7.
the act of removing, esp (formal) a removal of one's residence or place of work
8.
the degree of difference separating one person, thing, or condition from another: only one remove from madness
9.
(Brit) (in certain schools) a class or form, esp one for children of about 14 years, designed to introduce them to the greater responsibilities of a more senior position in the school
10.
(at a formal dinner, formerly) a dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains on the table
C14: from Old French removoir, from Latin removēre; see move
Word Origin and History for remove
v.
early 14c., "move, take away, dismiss," from Old French removoir "move, stir; leave, depart; take away," from Latin removere "move back or away, take away, put out of view, subtract," from re- "back, away" (see re-) + movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Related: Removed; removing.
n.
1550s, "act of removing," from remove (v.). Sense of "distance or space by which any thing is removed from another" is attested from 1620s.