remove

/ɹɪˈmuːv/

noun

  1. 1

    The act of removing something.

  2. 2

    (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Distance in time or space; interval.

  6. 6

    (by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.

  7. 7

    The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.

  8. 8

    The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

verb

  1. 1

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

    He removed the marbles from the bag.
  2. 2

    To murder.

  3. 3

    To dismiss a batsman.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    To depart, leave.

  6. 6

    To change one's residence; to move.

  7. 7

    To dismiss or discharge from office.

    The President removed many postmasters.

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