Meaning of remove in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The act of removing something.

• (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced, or the replacement.

• (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last

• A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")

• Distance in time or space; interval.

• (by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.

• The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.

• The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

verb

• To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.

  Example: He removed the marbles from the bag.

• To murder.

• To dismiss a batsman.

• To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).

• To depart, leave.

• To change one's residence; to move.

• To dismiss or discharge from office.

  Example: The President removed many postmasters.