remove

1. v. t. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Source: opted

2. v. t. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters. Source: opted

4. v. i. 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. Source: opted

5. n. The act of removing; a removal. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. The state of being removed. Source: opted

8. n. That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else. Source: opted

9. n. 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. Source: opted

10. n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Source: opted

11. n. degree of figurative distance or separation Source: wordnet

12. v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract Source: wordnet

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