Definitions of Remove [ɪˈmuv]

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Definition of 'Remove'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) remove
to move or shift from a place or position.

2.  remove
to take off or shed (an article of clothing):
to remove one's jacket.

3.  remove
to put out; send away:
to remove a tenant.

4.  remove
to dismiss from a position; discharge.

5.  remove
to eliminate; do away with or put an end to:
to remove a stain; to remove the threat of danger.

6.  remove
to kill; assassinate.

7. (v.i.) remove
to move from one place to another, esp. to another locality or residence:
We remove to Newport early in July.

8.  remove
to go away; disappear.

9. (n.) remove
the act of removing.

10.  remove
a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.

11.  remove
a distance by which one person or thing is separated from another:
to see something at a remove.

12.  remove
a degree of difference:
a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.

13.  remove
a step or degree, as in a graded scale.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME (v.) < OF remouvoir < L removēre. See re -, move)

Definition of 'Remove'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) remove
degree of figurative distance or separation
"just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

2. (verb) remove, take, take away, withdraw
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"

3. (verb) remove
remove from a position or an office

4. (verb) get rid of, remove
dispose of
"Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

5. (verb) take out, move out, remove
cause to leave
"The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

6. (verb) remove, transfer
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"

7. (verb) absent, remove
go away or leave
"He absented himself"

8. (verb) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

9. (verb) remove, take away
get rid of something abstract
"The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

Definition of 'Remove'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) remove
to take away
He was removed from the building.; Remove any personal information from the computer.

2.  remove
to take off an item of clothing; = take off
He removed his jacket and hung it up.

3.  remove
to get rid of a difficulty, problem, etc.
employers looking for ways to remove the need for training

4.  remove
to dismiss from a political position
a politician who was removed from office

Definition of 'Remove'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Remove
the act of removing; a removal

2. (noun) Remove
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

3. (noun) Remove
the state of being removed

4. (noun) Remove
that which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else

5. (noun) Remove
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

6. (noun) Remove
the act of resetting a horse's shoe

7. (verb) Remove
to move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building

8. (verb) Remove
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

9. (verb) Remove
to dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters

10. (verb) Remove
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

Translation of 'Remove'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to take away Will someone please remove all this rubbish!; He removed all the evidence of his crimes; I can't remove this stain from my shirt; He has been removed from the post of minister of education.
Afrikaans: verwyder	Arabic: يُزيل، يُبْعِد	Bulgarian: махам
Brazilian: remover	Czech: odstranit	German: entfernen
Danish: fjerne	Greek: απομακρύνω	Spanish: quitar, llevarse
Estonian: kõrvaldama	Farsi: برداشتن؛ انتقال دادن	Finnish: poistaa
French: enlever	Hebrew: לְסָלֵק	Hindi: हटा देना
Croatian: ukloniti, maknuti	Hungarian: eltávolít	Indonesian: menyingkirkan
Icelandic: fjarlægja	Italian: rimuovere, togliere	Japanese: 取り除く
Korean: 제거하다	Lithuanian: pašalinti	Latvian: aizvākt; novākt; atcelt (
Malay: mengambil	Dutch: verwijderen	Norwegian: fjerne, ta bort
Polish: usunąć	Persian: برداشتن؛ انتقال دادن	Pashto: خوځول له يوه ځايه بل ځاى
Portuguese: tirar	Romanian: a lua, aîndepărta	Russian: убирать
Slovak: odstrániť	Slovenian: odstraniti	Serbian: ukloniti
Swedish: avlägsna, ta bort, flytta	Thai: เอาออกไป	Turkish: ortadan kaldırmak, çıkarm
Taiwanese: 去除	Ukrainian: усувати; виносити	Urdu: کسے جگہ سے ہٹانا
Vietnamese: di chuyển; dọn; cách chức	Chinese: 消除
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