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re·move
(rĭ-mo͞ov′)v. re·moved, re·mov·ing, re·moves
v.tr.
1. To move from a place or position occupied: removed the cups from the table.
2. To transfer or convey from one place to another: removed the family to Texas.
3. To take off: removed my boots.
4. To take away; withdraw: removed the candidate's name from consideration.
5. To do away with; eliminate: remove a stain.
6. To dismiss from an office or position.
v.intr.
1. To change one's place of residence or business; move: "In 1751, I removed from the country to the town" (David Hume).
2. To go away; depart.
3. To be removable: paint that removes with water.
n.
1. The act of removing; removal.
2. Distance or degree of separation or remoteness: "to spill, though at a safe remove, the blood of brave men" (Anthony Burgess).
[Middle English removen, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre : re-, re- + movēre, to move; see move.]
re·mov′a·bil′i·ty, re·mov′a·ble·ness n.
re·mov′a·ble adj.
re·mov′a·bly adv.
re·mov′er n.
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remove
(rɪˈmuːv)vb (mainly tr)
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. (intr) formal to change the location of one's home or place of business: the publishers have removed to Mayfair.
n
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. (Education) 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. (Cookery) (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]
reˈmovable adj
reˌmovaˈbility, reˈmovableness n
reˈmovably adv
reˈmover n
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re•move
(rɪˈmuv)v. -moved, -mov•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to move or shift from a place or position.
2. to take off or shed (an article of clothing): to remove one's jacket.
3. to put out; send away: to remove a tenant.
4. to dismiss from a position; discharge.
5. to eliminate; do away with or put an end to: to remove a stain; to remove the threat of danger.
6. to kill; assassinate.
v.i. 7. to move from one place to another, esp. to another locality or residence: We remove to Newport early in July.
8. to go away; disappear.
n. 9. the act of removing.
10. a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.
11. a distance by which one person or thing is separated from another: to see something at a remove.
12. a degree of difference: a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.
13. a step or degree, as in a graded scale.
re•mov′a•ble, adj.
re•mov`a•bil′i•ty, n.
re•mov′a•bly, adv.
re•mov′er, n.
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remove
– move1. 'remove'
If you remove something, you take it away.
The waiter came over to remove the plates.
He removed his hand from the man's collar.
2. 'move'
If you go to live in a different house, don't say that you 'remove'. Say that you move.
Send me your new address if you move.
Last year my parents moved from Marseille to Paris.
In British English, you can also say that you move house.
We have just moved house and are planning to paint some of the rooms.
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remove
Past participle: removed
Gerund: removing
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| Noun | 1. | remove - degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"; distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points |
| Verb | 1. | remove - 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" harvest - remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals" tip - remove the tip from; "tip artichokes" stem - remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed" extirpate - surgically remove (an organ) enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover exenterate - remove the contents of (an organ) enucleate - remove the nucleus from (a cell) decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ) bail - remove (water) from a vessel with a container undress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" ablate - remove an organ or bodily structure clean - remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it" winnow - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff" pick - remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure" lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!" seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes" unhinge - remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door" shuck - remove the shucks from; "shuck corn" hull - remove the hulls from; "hull the berries" crumb - remove crumbs from; "crumb the table" chip away, chip away at - remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life" burl - remove the burls from cloth knock out - destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out" hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize - remove the pituitary glands degas - remove gas from clear away, clear off - remove from sight flick - remove with a flick (of the hand) strip - remove a constituent from a liquid clear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road" defang - remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake" shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" shuck - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters" dehorn - prevent the growth of horns of certain animals scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden" condense - remove water from; "condense the milk" decalcify - remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" detoxicate, detoxify - remove poison from; "detoxify the soil" de-ionate - remove ions from; "ionate thyroxine" de-iodinate - remove iodine from; "de-iodinate the thyroxine" |
| 2. | remove - remove from a position or an office unseat - remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat" boot out, drum out, oust, expel, kick out, throw out - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket" pull off - cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged" winkle out - force from a place or position; "The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates" invalid - force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen bench - take out of a game; of players | |
| 3. | remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" slough off - discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers" comb out, weed out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities" work off - cause to go away through effort or work; "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt" cull - remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" dump, ditch - sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" unmuzzle - remove the muzzle from (a dog) decaffeinate - remove caffeine from (coffee) decarbonate - remove carbon dioxide from decerebrate - remove the cerebrum from (a human body) dechlorinate - remove chlorine from (water) defat - remove the fat from defibrinate - remove fibrin from (blood) degrease - remove grease or oil from (a pan) deionize - remove ions from delist - remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange delocalize - remove from the proper or usual locality deoxygenate - remove oxygen from (water) destain - remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast desulfurize, desulphurize - remove sulfur from detick - free (a pet) of ticks devein - remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp) fettle - remove mold marks or sand from (a casting) flesh - remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture flense - strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal) kern - remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) pith - remove the pith from (a plant) scum - remove the scum from unbridle - remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) | |
| 4. | remove - cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom" clear - remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat" call in - take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player estrange - remove from customary environment or associations; "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home" | |
| 5. |  remove - 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" | |
| 6. |  remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself" | |
| 7. | remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" burke - murder without leaving a trace on the body execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" | |
| 8. | remove - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" wash away - eliminate; "wash away all the differences" |
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remove
verb
1. take out, withdraw, get out, extract, abstract Remove the cake from the oven.
take out replace, place in, put in, insert, put back
take out replace, place in, put in, insert, put back
2. take off, pull off, peel off, slip out of, climb out of, doff, divest yourself of He removed his jacket.
take off don, replace, put on
take off don, replace, put on
3. erase, eliminate, take out, wipe off, wash off, clean off, rinse off This treatment removes the most stubborn stains.
4. dismiss, eliminate, get rid of, discharge, abolish, expel, throw out, oust, relegate, purge, eject, do away with, depose, unseat, see the back of, dethrone, show someone the door, give the bum's rush (slang), throw out on your ear (informal) The senate voted to remove him.
dismiss appoint, install
dismiss appoint, install
5. get rid of, wipe out, erase, eradicate, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), blot out, expunge Most of her fears have been removed.
6. take away, move, pull, transfer, detach, displace, do away with, dislodge, cart off (slang), carry off or away They tried to remove the barricades which had been erected.
take away put back
take away put back
7. delete, shed, get rid of, erase, excise, strike out, efface, expunge They intend to remove up to 100 offensive words.
8. amputate, cut off, excise, chop off, hack off, lop off When you remove the branches, cut beyond the trunk ridge.
amputate set, join, link
amputate set, join, link
9. move, transfer, transport, shift, quit, depart, move away, relocate, vacate, flit (Scot. & Northern English dialect) They removed to America.
10. kill, murder, do in (slang), eliminate, take out (slang), get rid of, execute, wipe out, dispose of, assassinate, do away with, liquidate, bump off (slang), wipe from the face of the earth If someone irritates you, remove him, destroy him.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
remove
verb3. To move along a particular course:
Idiom: make one's way.
7. To destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.
Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.
8. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:
Idioms: do away with, put an end to.
Degree of separation, especially in time:
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Translations
يَخْلَعيُزيِلُيُزيل، يُبْعِديَنْتَقِل إلى
odstranitpřestěhovat sesundat
fjerneflytte
siirtää
ukloniti
elköltözikelmozdíteltávolít
fara úrfjarlægjaflytjast búferlum
移す
제거하다
removeo
baldų pervežimasnusiimtipersikeltivaliklis
aizvāktatceltnoņemtnovāktnovilkt
odstraniti
flytta
เคลื่อนย้าย
dời đi
remove
[rɪˈmuːv]A. VT
1. (= take away) [+ object] → quitar; [+ documents, evidence] → llevarse
remove the pan from the heat → quite la cacerola del fuego
to remove a child from school → sacar or quitar a un niño de la escuela
the demonstrators were forcibly removed by police (from building) → la policía echó a los manifestantes a la fuerza
to remove o.s. → irse, marcharse
kindly remove yourself at once → haga el favor de irse or marcharse inmediatamente
to remove sth/sb to → trasladar or llevar algo/a algn a
her body had been removed to the mortuary → habían trasladado or llevado su cuerpo al tanatorio
remove the pan from the heat → quite la cacerola del fuego
to remove a child from school → sacar or quitar a un niño de la escuela
the demonstrators were forcibly removed by police (from building) → la policía echó a los manifestantes a la fuerza
to remove o.s. → irse, marcharse
kindly remove yourself at once → haga el favor de irse or marcharse inmediatamente
to remove sth/sb to → trasladar or llevar algo/a algn a
her body had been removed to the mortuary → habían trasladado or llevado su cuerpo al tanatorio
2. (= take off) → quitar; [+ one's clothing, make-up] → quitarse
first remove the lid → primero quite la tapa
he removed his jacket → se quitó la chaqueta
he removed his hat → se quitó el sombrero, se descubrió
she had the tattoo removed from her arm → se fue a que le quitaran or se quitó el tatuaje del brazo
first remove the lid → primero quite la tapa
he removed his jacket → se quitó la chaqueta
he removed his hat → se quitó el sombrero, se descubrió
she had the tattoo removed from her arm → se fue a que le quitaran or se quitó el tatuaje del brazo
3. (= take out) [+ object] → sacar (Med) [+ organ, tumour] → extirpar, quitar; [+ bullet] → extraer, quitar
remove the cake from the oven → saque la tarta del horno
remove the cake from the oven → saque la tarta del horno
4. (= delete) [+ word, sentence, paragraph] → suprimir, quitar; [+ name from list] → quitar, tachar (from de)
5. (= get rid of) [+ obstacle, threat, waste, problem] → eliminar; [+ doubt, suspicion] → disipar; [+ fear] → acabar con; [+ stain] → quitar
an agreement on removing trade barriers → un acuerdo sobre la eliminación de las barreras comerciales
products that remove unwanted hair → productos que eliminan or quitan el vello superfluo
an agreement on removing trade barriers → un acuerdo sobre la eliminación de las barreras comerciales
products that remove unwanted hair → productos que eliminan or quitan el vello superfluo
B. VI (Brit) (frm) (= move house) → mudarse, trasladarse, cambiarse (Mex) (to a)
C. N this is but one remove from disaster → esto raya en la catástrofe, esto está a un paso de la catástrofe
this is several removes from our official policy → esto dista or se aparta mucho de nuestra política oficial
it's a far remove from → dista mucho de ...
at a or one remove → de lejos
to experience a foreign culture, albeit at a remove → vivir una cultura extranjera, aunque sea de lejos
this is several removes from our official policy → esto dista or se aparta mucho de nuestra política oficial
it's a far remove from → dista mucho de ...
at a or one remove → de lejos
to experience a foreign culture, albeit at a remove → vivir una cultura extranjera, aunque sea de lejos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
remove
[rɪˈmuːv] vt
(= take off or away) [+ clothing, shoes] → retirer, enlever; [+ bag, obstruction, debris] → enlever
He removed his jacket → Il retira sa veste., Il enleva sa veste.
to remove sth from sth (from inside somewhere) → retirer qch de qch
As soon as the cake is done, remove it from the oven → Dès que le gâteau est cuit, retirez-le du four.; (from on top of something) → enlever qch de qch
Could you please remove your bag from my seat? → Est-ce que vous pouvez enlever votre sac de mon siège?
He removed his jacket → Il retira sa veste., Il enleva sa veste.
to remove sth from sth (from inside somewhere) → retirer qch de qch
As soon as the cake is done, remove it from the oven → Dès que le gâteau est cuit, retirez-le du four.; (from on top of something) → enlever qch de qch
Could you please remove your bag from my seat? → Est-ce que vous pouvez enlever votre sac de mon siège?
(= get rid of) [+ stain] → ôter
Did you remove the stain? → Est-ce que tu as ôté la tache?, Est-ce que tu as fait partir la tache?
Did you remove the stain? → Est-ce que tu as ôté la tache?, Est-ce que tu as fait partir la tache?
(= do away with) [+ doubt, fear, suspicion] → dissiper; [+ risk, danger] → supprimer
Her behaviour didn't help to remove his suspicions → Sa conduite n'a pas contribué à dissiper ses soupçons.
Her behaviour didn't help to remove his suspicions → Sa conduite n'a pas contribué à dissiper ses soupçons.
(= delete) [+ name, word] → supprimer
to remove sth from sth → supprimer qch de qch
I removed his name from the list → J'ai supprimé son nom de la liste
to remove sth from sth → supprimer qch de qch
I removed his name from the list → J'ai supprimé son nom de la liste
(= take out surgically) [+ organ, tumour] → pratiquer l'ablation de, enlever; [+ bullet, foreign object] → retirer
an operation to remove his spleen → une splénectomie, une opération pour lui enlever la rate
At least three bullets were removed from his wounds → Au moins trois balles furent retirées de ses blessures.
to have sth removed → se faire retirer qch
an operation to remove his spleen → une splénectomie, une opération pour lui enlever la rate
At least three bullets were removed from his wounds → Au moins trois balles furent retirées de ses blessures.
to have sth removed → se faire retirer qch
n
at one remove (mainly British) → par procuration
at one remove (mainly British) → par procuration
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
remove
vt
(= take off, take away etc) → entfernen; cover, lid, attachments → abnehmen, entfernen; splint, bandage, tie → abnehmen; clothes → ausziehen; stain → entfernen, beseitigen; buttons, trimmings → abtrennen; lining → abknöpfen; troops → abziehen; weapons → abnehmen (→ from +dat); to remove something from somebody → jdm etw wegnehmen; to remove one’s clothes → die Kleider ablegen; to remove somebody to hospital → jdn ins Krankenhaus einliefern; to remove somebody to the cells → jdn in die Zelle bringen; to remove a child from school → ein Kind von or aus der Schule nehmen; he removed himself to another room → er begab sich in ein anderes Zimmer
(= take out, from container) → herausnehmen (from aus); (Med) lung, kidney → entfernen (from aus); paragraph, word, item on list → streichen; (Tech) → ausbauen (from aus)
(= eradicate) threat → beseitigen; tax, restrictions → aufheben; objection, obstacle → aus dem Weg schaffen or räumen; difficulty, problem → beseitigen, ein Ende machen or setzen (+dat); doubt, suspicion, fear → zerstreuen; abuse, evil → abstellen, beseitigen; (euph: = kill) → beseitigen; to remove all obstacles from one’s path (fig) → alle Hindernisse aus dem Weg räumen
(form: = dismiss) official → entfernen
(form, to another house) → transportieren
vi (form, = move house) to remove to London/to larger premises → nach London/in größere Geschäftsräume (um)ziehen
n
to be only a short remove from … → nicht weit entfernt sein von …; this is but one remove from disaster → das kommt einer Katastrophe nahe; it’s a far remove from … → es ist weit entfernt von …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
remove
[rɪˈmuːv]1. vt (gen) → togliere, levare; (person) → allontanare; (from post) → rimuovere; (stain) → togliere, eliminare; (problem) → allontanare; (doubt, fear) → eliminare, dissipare; (obstacle) → rimuovere, eliminare (Med) → asportare
to remove from → togliere da, levare da
to remove one's make-up → struccarsi
first cousin once removed → cugino/a di secondo grado
far removed from (fig) → ben lontano/a da
to remove from → togliere da, levare da
to remove one's make-up → struccarsi
first cousin once removed → cugino/a di secondo grado
far removed from (fig) → ben lontano/a da
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
remove
(rəˈmuːv) verb1. 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.
2. to take off (a piece of clothing). Please remove your hat.
3. to move to a new house etc. He has removed to London.
reˈmovable adjectivereˈmoval noun
the act of removing or the state of being removed, especially the moving of furniture etc to a new home. After his removal from power, the dictator was sent into exile; Our removal is to take place on Monday; (also adjective) a removal van.
reˈmover noun a person or thing that removes. a stain remover; a firm of furniture removers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
remove
→ يُزيِلُ odstranit fjerne entfernen αφαιρώ suprimir siirtää retirer ukloniti eliminare 移す 제거하다 verwijderen fjerne usunąć remover удалять flytta เคลื่อนย้าย kaldırmak dời đi 移走Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
remove
v. sacar; quitar, extraer; extirpar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
remove
vt extraer (form), remover, quitar, sacar, (a catheter, monitor, stitches, etc.) retirar, quitarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.