English > remove: 9 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | 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, possession| Meaning | 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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