remove

Meanings

Verb

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

Noun

• The act of removing something.
• A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
• 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.
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• unstay

Opposite words

• settle, place, add

Origin

• From Middle English remeven, removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removeo, from re- + moveo.