Definitions for remove
rɪˈmuvre·move

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. removeverb

   degree of figurative distance or separation

   "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

2. remove, take, take away, withdrawverb

   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. removeverb

   remove from a position or an office

4. get rid of, removeverb

   dispose of

   "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

5. take out, move out, removeverb

   cause to leave

   "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

6. remove, transferverb

   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. absent, removeverb

   go away or leave

   "He absented himself"

8. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeverb

   kill intentionally and with premeditation

   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

9. remove, take awayverb

   get rid of something abstract

   "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. removenoun

   The act of removing something, especially removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course

2. removenoun

   A dish thus replaced, or the replacement

3. removenoun

   (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last

4. removenoun

   A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")

5. removenoun

   Distance in time or space

6. removeverb

   To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.

   He removed the marbles from the bag.

7. removeverb

   To murder someone.

8. removeverb

   To discard, set aside (a thought, feeling etc.).

9. removeverb

   To change one's residence.

10. removeverb

    To move something from one place to another, especially to take away. To replace a dish within a course.

    He removed the marbles from the bag.

11. removeverb

    To murder.

12. removeverb

    To dismiss a batsman.

13. removeverb

    To discard, set aside, especially something abstract.

    Eternall thraldom was to her more liefe, / Then loſſe of chaſtitie, or chaunge of loue : / Dye had ſhe rather in tormenting griefe, / Then any ſhould of falſeneſſe her reproue, / Or looſeneſſe, that ſhe lightly did remoue.

14. removeverb

    To depart, leave.

    THenne the kynge dyd doo calle syre Gawayne / syre Borce / syr Lyonel and syre Bedewere / and commaunded them to goo strayte to syre Lucius / and saye ye to hym that hastely he remeue oute of my land / And yf he wil not / bydde hym make hym redy to bataylle and not distresse the poure peple

15. removeverb

    To change one's residence; to move.

    Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane.

16. removeverb

    To dismiss or discharge from office.

    The President removed many postmasters.

17. Etymology: From Middle English remeven, removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre ("to move")

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Removenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Change of place.2. Susceptibility of being removed. Not in use.

   What is early received in any considerable strength of impress, grows into our tender natures; and therefore is of difficult remove. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   3. Translation of one to the place of another.

   Rosaline, this favour thou shalt wear;
   Hold, take you this, my sweet, and give me thine,
   So shall Biron take me for Rosaline:
   And change your favours too; so shall your loves
   Woo contrary deceiv’d by these removes. William Shakespeare.

   4. State of being removed.

   This place should be both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship. John Milton.

   He that considers how little our constitution can bear a remove into parts of this air, not much higher than that we breathe in, will be satisfied, that the allwise architect has suited our organs, and the bodies that are to effect them, one to another. John Locke.

   5. Act of moving a chesman or draught.6. Departure; act of going away.

   So look’d Astrea, her remove design’d,
   On those distressed friends she left behind. Edmund Waller.

   7. The act of changing place.

   Let him, upon his removes from one place to another, procure recommendation to some person of quality residing in the place whither he removeth. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   8. A stop in the scale of gradation.

   In all the visible corporeal world, quite down from us, the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other. John Locke.

   A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator, and ought to stand up in the defence of those laws. Addison.

   9. A small distance.

   The fiercest contentions of men are between creatures equal in nature, and capable, by the greatest distinction of circumstances, of but a very small remove one from another. John Rogers.

   10. Act of putting a horse’s shoes upon different feet.

   His horse wanted two removes, your horse wanted nails. Jonathan Swift.

2. To REMOVEverb

   Etymology: removeo, Lat. remuer, Fr.

   1. To put from its place; to take or put away.

   Good God remove
   The means that makes us strangers! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. Job xii. 20.

   Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow. Psalm xxxix. 13.

   So would he have removed thee out of the straight into a broad place. Job xxxvi. 16.

   He longer in this paradise to dwell
   Permits not; to remove thee I am come,
   And send thee from the garden forth to till
   The ground. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   Whether he will remove his contemplation from one idea to another, is many times in his choice. John Locke.

   You, who fill the blissful seats above!
   Let kings no more with gentle mercy sway,
   But every monarch be the scourge of God,
   If from your thoughts Ulysses you remove,
   Who rul’d his subjects with a father’s love. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. To place at a distance.

   They are farther removed from a title to be innate, and the doubt of their being native impressions on the mind, is stronger against these moral principles than the other. John Locke.

3. To Removeverb

   1. To change place.2. To go from one place to another.

   A short exile must for show precede;
   The term expir’d, from Candia they remove,
   And happy each at home enjoys his love. Dryden.

   How oft from pomp and state did I remove
   To feed despair. Matthew Prior.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Removeverb

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

2. Removeverb

   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

3. Removeverb

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

4. Removeverb

   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

5. Removenoun

   the act of removing; a removal

6. Removenoun

   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

7. Removenoun

   the state of being removed

8. Removenoun

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

9. Removenoun

   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

10. Removenoun

    the act of resetting a horse's shoe

11. Etymology: [OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to move. See Move.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Remove

   rē-mōōv′, v.t. to put from its place: to take away: to withdraw: to displace: to make away with.—v.i. to go from one place to another.—n. any indefinite distance: a step in any scale of gradation, as promotion from one class to another, also a class or division: a dish to be changed while the rest remain: (Shak.) the raising of a siege, a posting-stage.—n. Removabil′ity.—adj. Remo′vable, that may be removed.—adv. Remo′vably.—n. Remo′val, the act of taking away: displacing: change of place: a euphemism for murder.—adj. Removed′ (Shak.), remote: distant by degrees of relationship.—ns. Remo′vedness (Shak.), the state of being removed: remoteness; Remo′ver, one who removes: (Bacon) an agitator.—Removal terms (Scot.), Whitsunday and Martinmas. [O. Fr.,—L. removēre, remōtum—re-, away, movēre, to move.]

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   Rank popularity for the word 'remove' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3715

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'remove' in Verbs Frequency: #196

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of remove in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of remove in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of remove in a Sentence

1. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Dance is the place that you visit to remove any anxiety while moving to your favorite melody

2. The Secretary of State:

   The Secretary of State has attempted to remove me from the ballot in this year's governor's race. This is a decision grounded in politics, not precedent. The law is clearly on our side. Our campaign will challenge this decision in court, and we will win.

3. William Hanna:

   The government has to not just address it but deal with it, identify the ghost workers, take sanctions against those who are responsible, remove those names from the list, clean up the database and stop these leakages.

4. Craig McMullen:

   As long as there's no lethal removal of bison, our ability to remove them is greatly diminished.

5. Roy Behren:

   ( The agreement) does not remove any regulatory risk as the approval has still not yet been received.

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