| remove | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. remove | degree of figurative distance or separation.; "just one remove from madness"; "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy" |
| ~ distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points. |
| v. (change) | 2. 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" |
| ~ depilate, epilate | remove body hair.; "epilate her legs" |
| ~ 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, pick | remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits.; "Clean the turkey" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ clear up, clear | free (the throat) by making a rasping sound.; "Clear the throat" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ tear away, tear off | rip off violently and forcefully.; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror" |
| ~ take off | take away or remove.; "Take that weight off me!" |
| ~ take away, take out | take out or remove.; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
| ~ stone, pit | remove the pits from.; "pit plums and cherries" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ scavenge, clean | remove unwanted substances from. |
| ~ hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize | remove the pituitary glands. |
| ~ degas | remove gas from. |
| ~ husk, shell | remove the husks from.; "husk corn" |
| ~ bur, burr | remove the burrs from. |
| ~ clear away, clear off | remove from sight. |
| ~ flick | remove with a flick (of the hand). |
| ~ dismantle, strip | take off or remove.; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ debone, bone | remove the bones from.; "bone the turkey before roasting it" |
| ~ disembowel, eviscerate, draw | remove the entrails of.; "draw a chicken" |
| ~ shell | remove from its shell or outer covering.; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" |
| ~ shuck | remove from the shell.; "shuck oysters" |
| ~ detusk, tusk | remove the tusks of animals.; "tusk an elephant" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ bale out, bail out | remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side. |
| ~ leach, strip | remove substances from by a percolating liquid.; "leach the soil" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke | remove carbon from (an engine). |
| ~ delouse | free of lice.; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps" |
| ~ ream | remove by making a hole or by boring.; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment" |
| ~ brush | remove with or as if with a brush.; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" |
| ~ wash off, wash away, wash out, wash | remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent.; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains" |
| ~ desorb | remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed.; "the substance was desorbed" |
| ~ pull | take away.; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" |
| ~ demineralise, demineralize | remove the minerals or salts from.; "demineralize water" |
| ~ eliminate | remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations. |
| ~ expectorate, clear out, drive out | clear out the chest and lungs.; "This drug expectorates quickly" |
| ~ carve out | remove from a larger whole.; "the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year" |
| ~ defuse | remove the triggering device from. |
| ~ dredge | remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water. |
| ~ wear away, wear off | diminish, as by friction.; "Erosion wore away the surface" |
| ~ amputate, cut off | remove surgically.; "amputate limbs" |
| ~ eviscerate, resect | surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ. |
| ~ cream off, skim off, cream, skim | remove from the surface.; "skim cream from the surface of milk" |
| ~ strip | remove the surface from.; "strip wood" |
| ~ strip | strip the cured leaves from.; "strip tobacco" |
| ~ descale, scale | remove the scales from.; "scale fish" |
| ~ circumcise | cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys.; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised" |
| ~ undock | take (a ship) out of a dock.; "undock the ship" |
| ~ cut into, delve, dig, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
| ~ hollow, excavate, dig | remove the inner part or the core of.; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" |
| ~ lift out, scoop, scoop up, scoop out, take up | take out or up with or as if with a scoop.; "scoop the sugar out of the container" |
| ~ extract, pull out, pull up, draw out, take out, pull | remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" |
| ~ take out | remove something from a container or an enclosed space. |
| ~ unstring | remove the strings from.; "unstring my guitar" |
| ~ string | remove the stringy parts of.; "string beans" |
| ~ wipe away, wipe off | remove by wiping. |
| ~ bear away, bear off, carry away, take away, carry off | remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state.; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" |
| ~ unveil | remove the cover from.; "unveil a painting" |
| ~ unpack, take out | remove from its packing.; "unpack the presents" |
| ~ disburden, unburden | take the burden off; remove the burden from.; "unburden the donkey" |
| ~ empty | remove.; "Empty the water" |
| ~ discharge | remove the charge from. |
| ~ offsaddle, unsaddle | remove the saddle from.; "They unsaddled their mounts" |
| ~ cast off, shed, throw off, shake off, throw away, throw, cast, drop | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| ~ dislodge, free | remove or force out from a position.; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" |
| ~ clean | remove while making clean.; "Clean the spots off the rug" |
| ~ aspirate, suck out, draw out | remove as if by suction.; "aspirate the wound" |
| ~ delete, cancel | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| ~ lade, laden, ladle | remove with or as if with a ladle.; "ladle the water out of the bowl" |
| ~ spoon | scoop up or take up with a spoon.; "spoon the sauce over the roast" |
| ~ gut | remove the guts of.; "gut the sheep" |
| ~ head | remove the head of.; "head the fish" |
| ~ draw off, draw away, pull off | remove by drawing or pulling.; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese" |
| ~ clean, strip | remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely.; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" |
| ~ draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well.; "She drew water from the barrel" |
| ~ pull out, draw, get out, pull, take out | bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" |
| ~ leach | cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate. |
| ~ draw | cause to flow.; "The nurse drew blood" |
| ~ draw off, take out, withdraw, draw | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).; "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" |
| v. (social) | 3. 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, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, 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. |
| v. (possession) | 4. get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| ~ cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, throw away, toss away, toss out, cast out, dispose, put away, throw out, 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). |
| ~ de-aerate, deaerate | remove air or gas from. |
| ~ 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). |
| v. (social) | 5. move out, remove, take out | 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" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 6. 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" |
| ~ shift, transfer | move around.; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" |
| v. (change) | 7. absent, remove | go away or leave.; "He absented himself" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (social) | 8. bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay | 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" |
| v. (change) | 9. 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" |
| ~ wash away | eliminate.; "wash away all the differences" |
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