Word Meaning

remove definition and meaning

v. t. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
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.
v. t. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
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.
n. The act of removing; a removal.
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.
n. The state of being removed.
n. That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
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.
n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

Crossword clues for remove

- Call off
- Extract
- Make void
- Run out
- Scratch out
- Shift away
- Suck dry
- Take away
- take off from the position occupied