Overview of noun remove

The noun remove has 1 sense

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

Overview of verb remove

The verb remove has 8 senses

• 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")


• remove -- (remove from a position or an office)


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


• take out, move out, remove -- (cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom")


• 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")


• absent, remove -- (go away or leave; "He absented himself")


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


• 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")