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Remove

noun
/ɹɪˈmuːv/
Word Frequency: 32.1

Definitions

1.nounThe act of removing something.
2.noun(archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.
3.noun(at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
4.nounA step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
5.nounDistance in time or space; interval.
6.noun(by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
7.nounThe transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
8.nounThe act of resetting a horse's shoe.
9.verbTo move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
"He removed the marbles from the bag."
10.verbTo murder.
11.verbTo dismiss a batsman.
12.verbTo discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
13.verbTo depart, leave.
14.verbTo change one's residence; to move.
15.verbTo dismiss or discharge from office.
"The President removed many postmasters."

Synonyms

unstaytake outget rid oftake awaymove outbump offslaymurdertaketransferdispatchabsent

Antonyms

addplacesettle

Rhymes With

improveprovemovegroovebehoovedisprovedisapproveapprove
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