English > remove: 9 senses > verb 1, changeMeaning | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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Model | They want to remove the doors |
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Examples | - "remove a threat"
- "remove a wrapper"
- "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"
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Synonyms | take, take away, withdraw |
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Entailed by | dig, dig out | create by digging |
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dust | Remove the dust from |
Narrower | ablate | Remove an organ or bodily structure |
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amputate, cut off | Remove surgically |
aspirate, draw out, suck out | Remove as if by suction |
bail | Remove (water) from a vessel with a container |
bail out, bale out | Remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side |
bone, debone | Remove the bones from |
brush | Remove with or as if with a brush |
bur, burr | Remove the burrs from |
burl | Remove the burls from cloth |
carve out | Remove from a larger whole |
chip away, chip away at | Remove or withdraw gradually |
circumcise | cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys |
clean, pick | Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits |
clean | Remove shells or husks from |
clean | Remove while making clean |
clean, strip | Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely |
clear | Remove |
clear, clear up | Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound |
clear off, clear away | remove from sight |
condense | Remove water from |
crumb | Remove crumbs from |
de-iodinate | Remove iodine from |
de-ionate | Remove ions from |
decalcify | Remove calcium or lime / lime from |
decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke | Remove carbon from (an engine) |
decorticate | Remove the cortex / cortex of (an organ) |
defang | Remove the fangs / fangs from |
defuse | Remove the triggering device from |
degas | Remove gas from |
dehorn | prevent the growth of horns of certain animals |
delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
delouse | Free of lice |
demineralize, demineralise | Remove the minerals or salts from |
desorb | Remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed |
detoxify, detoxicate | Remove poison from |
dig, delve, cut into, turn over | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
discharge | Remove the charge from |
disembowel, eviscerate, draw | Remove the entrails of |
dislodge, free | Remove or force out from a position |
draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
draw | Cause to flow |
draw off, draw away, pull off | Remove by drawing or pulling |
dredge | Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water |
eliminate | Remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations |
empty | Remove |
enucleate | Remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover |
enucleate | Remove the nucleus from (a cell) |
epilate, depilate | Remove body hair |
excavate, dig, hollow | Remove the inner part or the core of |
exenterate | Remove the contents of (an organ) |
expectorate, clear out, drive out | clear out the chest and lungs |
extirpate | surgically remove (an organ) |
extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | Remove, usually with some force or effort |
flick | Remove with a flick (of the hand) |
gut | Remove the guts of |
harvest | Remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation |
head | Remove the head of |
hull | Remove the hulls from |
husk, shell | Remove the husks from |
hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise | Remove the pituitary glands |
knock out | Destroy or break forcefully |
ladle, lade, laden | Remove with or as if with a ladle |
leach, strip | Remove substances from by a percolating liquid / liquid |
leach | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to leach or percolate |
lift | Remove from a surface |
lift | Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery |
lift | Take off or away by decreasing |
muck | Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine |
pick | Remove in small bits |
pit, stone | remove the pits from |
pull | take away |
ream | Remove by making a hole or by boring |
resect, eviscerate | surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ |
scale, descale | Remove the scales from |
scalp | Remove the scalp of |
scavenge, clean | Remove unwanted substances from |
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up | take out or up with or as if with a scoop |
seed | Remove the seeds from |
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop | Get rid of |
shell | Remove from its shell or outer covering |
shuck | Remove the shucks from |
shuck | Remove from the shell |
skim, skim off, cream off, cream | Remove from the surface |
spoon | scoop up or take up with a spoon |
stem | Remove the stem from |
string | Remove the stringy parts of |
strip, dismantle | Take off or remove |
strip | remove a constituent from a liquid |
strip, undress, divest, disinvest | Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes |
strip | Remove the surface from |
strip | Strip the cured leaves from |
take away, take out | take out or remove |
take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off | Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state |
take off | take away or remove |
take out | Remove something from a container or an enclosed space |
tear away, tear off, rip off | rip off violently and forcefully |
tip | Remove the tip from |
tusk, detusk | Remove the tusks of animals |
unburden, disburden | Take the burden off |
undock | take (a ship) out of a dock |
unhinge | Remove the hinges from |
unpack, take out | Remove from its packing |
unsaddle, offsaddle | Remove the saddle from |
unstring | Remove the strings from |
unveil | Remove the cover from |
wash, wash out, wash off, wash away | Remove by the application of water or other liquid / liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent |
wear away, wear off | diminish, as by friction |
weed | Clear of weeds |
winnow, fan | Blow away or off with a current of air |
wipe off, wipe away | Remove by wiping |
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
Spanish | apartar, copar, eliminar, extirpar, llevar, quitar, remover, retirar, sacar, suprimir, tomar |
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Catalan | apartar, copar, eliminar, emportar-se, extirpar, llevar, retirar, suprimir, treure |
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Nouns | removal, remotion | the act of removing |
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remover | a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface) |
English > remove: 9 senses > verb 3, possessionMeaning | dispose of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Synonym | get rid of |
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Narrower | cull | Remove something that has been rejected |
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deaerate, de-aerate | 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 / 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) |
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away | throw or cast away |
dump, ditch | sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly |
fettle | Remove mold marks or sand from (a casting) |
flense | strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal) |
flesh | Remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture |
kern | Remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) |
pith | Remove the pith from (a plant) |
scum | Remove the scum from |
slough off | Discard as undesirable |
unbridle | Remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) |
unmuzzle | Remove the muzzle from (a dog) |
weed out, comb out | Remove unwanted elements |
work off | Cause to go away through effort or work |
Spanish | apartar, deshacerse, eliminar, extirpar, quitar, remover, retirar, suprimir |
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Catalan | apartar, desfer-se de, desfer-se, eliminar, extirpar, suprimir, treure |
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Nouns | removal | the act of removing |
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