remove
noun
- 1
The act of removing something.
- 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
(at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- 4
A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- 5
Distance in time or space; interval.
- 6
(by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
- 7
The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
- 8
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
verb
- 1
To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
“He removed the marbles from the bag.”
- 2
To murder.
- 3
To dismiss a batsman.
- 4
To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- 5
To depart, leave.
- 6
To change one's residence; to move.
- 7
To dismiss or discharge from office.
“The President removed many postmasters.”
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