Degazetteverb
(transitive) To remove an official status from something, by publishing the fact in an official gazette
Removeverb
(transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
âHe removed the marbles from the bag.â;
Removeverb
To replace a dish within a course.
Removeverb
(transitive) To murder.
Removeverb
To dismiss a batsman.
Removeverb
(transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
Removeverb
To depart, leave.
Removeverb
(intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
Removeverb
To dismiss or discharge from office.
âThe President removed many postmasters.â;
Removenoun
The act of removing something.
Removenoun
Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.
Removenoun
(British) at some public schools A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
Removenoun
A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
Removenoun
Distance in time or space; interval.
Removenoun
(dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
Removenoun
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Removeverb
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
âThou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.â; âWhen we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.â;
Removeverb
To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
Removeverb
To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
Removeverb
To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
âTill Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,I can not taint with fear.â;
Removenoun
The act of removing; a removal.
âThis place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship.â; âAnd drags at each remove a lengthening chain.â;
Removenoun
The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; - in the United States usually called a move.
âIt is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire.â;
Removenoun
The state of being removed.
Removenoun
That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
Removenoun
The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
âA freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.â;
Removenoun
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Removenoun
degree of figurative distance or separation;
âjust one remove from madnessâ; âit imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedyâ;
Removeverb
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;
âremove a threatâ; âremove a wrapperâ; âRemove the dirty dishes from the tableâ; âtake the gun from your pocketâ; âThis machine withdraws heat from the environmentâ;
Removeverb
remove from a position or an office
Removeverb
dispose of;
âGet rid of these old shoes!â; âThe company got rid of all the dead woodâ;
Removeverb
cause to leave;
âThe teacher took the children out of the classroomâ;
Removeverb
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;
âHe removed his children to the countrysideâ; âRemove the troops to the forest surrounding the cityâ; âremove a case to another courtâ;
Removeverb
go away or leave;
âHe absented himselfâ;
Removeverb
kill intentionally and with premeditation;
âThe mafia boss ordered his enemies murderedâ;
Removeverb
get rid of something abstract;
âThe death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriageâ; âGod takes away your sinsâ;
Removeverb
take (something) away or off from the position occupied
âshe sat down to remove her make-upâ; âCustoms officials removed documents from the premisesâ;
Removeverb
take off (clothing)
âhe sat down and quickly removed his shoes and socksâ;
Removeverb
change one's home or place of residence by moving to (another place)
âhe removed to Wales and began afreshâ;
Removeverb
compel (someone) by law to move to another area
âa man is removed to the tribal district of his forbearsâ;
Removeverb
abolish or get rid of
âthey removed thousands of needy youngsters from the benefit systemâ; âexchange controls have finally been removedâ;
Removeverb
dismiss from a job
âhe was removed from his position as teacherâ;
Removeverb
be distant from
âit is an isolated place, far removed from the London art worldâ;
Removeverb
be very different from
âan explanation which is far removed from the truthâ;
Removeverb
separated by a particular number of steps of descent
âhis second cousin once removedâ;
Removenoun
a degree of remoteness or separation
âat this remove, the whole incident seems insaneâ;
Removenoun
a form or division in some British schools
âa member of the Fifth Removeâ;