remove

remove
verb
ADVERB
▪ altogether, completely, entirely
▪ partially
▪ effectively
▪

Translation software should effectively remove all barriers to communication between people.

▪

By producing an heir, the Queen effectively removed her cousin's hopes of succeeding to the throne.

▪ successfully
▪ permanently, temporarily
▪ hastily, quickly, rapidly
▪ gradually, slowly
▪ easily
▪

The old cladding can be easily removed using a hammer.

▪ painlessly
▪ safely
▪ carefully
▪ forcibly
▪

people who have been forcibly removed from their homes

▪ surgically
▪

Unsightly moles can be removed surgically.

▪ manually, physically
VERB + REMOVE
▪ try to
▪ be possible to
▪ be difficult to
▪

These stains can be difficult to remove.

PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

Fittings should be completely removed for cleaning.

▪ from
▪

She removed the dirty dishes from the table.

▪ with
▪

Bee stings should be removed with tweezers.

Remove is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑surgeon
Remove is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambiguity, ↑appendix, ↑armour, ↑ban, ↑bandage, ↑bark, ↑barricade, ↑barrier, ↑battery, ↑birthmark, ↑blockade, ↑blockage, ↑bolt, ↑boot, ↑branch, ↑bulb, ↑bullet, ↑burden, ↑cap, ↑carbon dioxide, ↑cataract, ↑cell, ↑cloak, ↑clot, ↑clothes, ↑coat, ↑constraint, ↑contact lens, ↑control, ↑cover, ↑crease, ↑curse, ↑debris, ↑dentures, ↑deposit, ↑diaper, ↑dirt, ↑disk, ↑doubt, ↑dressing, ↑dust, ↑fat, ↑file, ↑film, ↑fitting, ↑gag, ↑garbage, ↑glasses, ↑graffiti, ↑grease, ↑handcuffs, ↑harness, ↑hat, ↑helmet, ↑hood, ↑impediment, ↑incentive, ↑inconsistency, ↑inequality, ↑influence, ↑jacket, ↑jewellery, ↑key, ↑label, ↑lacquer, ↑layer, ↑lid, ↑limitation, ↑link, ↑lipstick, ↑lump, ↑lung, ↑make-up, ↑mark, ↑mascara, ↑mask, ↑mine, ↑mole, ↑monument, ↑mould, ↑nail, ↑nail polish, ↑nappy, ↑necessity, ↑need, ↑needle, ↑nut, ↑obstacle, ↑obstruction, ↑odour, ↑paint, ↑panel, ↑partition, ↑pin, ↑pit, ↑plaque, ↑plug, ↑polish, ↑pollutant, ↑president, ↑reference, ↑regime, ↑remains, ↑restraint, ↑restriction, ↑roadblock, ↑rubbish, ↑rust, ↑scaffolding, ↑screw, ↑section, ↑seed, ↑shrapnel, ↑silt, ↑ski, ↑skin, ↑spell, ↑splinter, ↑stain, ↑stem, ↑stigma, ↑sting, ↑stitch, ↑stress, ↑stumbling block, ↑subsidy, ↑sunglasses, ↑tag, ↑tangle, ↑tape, ↑tariff, ↑tattoo, ↑tissue, ↑tonsils, ↑tooth, ↑trace, ↑trustee, ↑tumour, ↑uncertainty, ↑varnish, ↑vegetation, ↑veil, ↑vestige, ↑waste, ↑weed, ↑wig, ↑worry, ↑wrapper

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  • remove — re‧move [rɪˈmuːv] verb [transitive] 1. to take something away: • We need to consider the trade implications before border controls are removed. remove something from somebody/​something • an injunction removing the vote from 80,000 shareholders • …   Financial and business terms

  • Remove — Re*move (r? m??v ), 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. [1913 Webster] Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I can not taint with fear. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Remove — Re*move (r? m??v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Removed} ( m??vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Removing}.] [OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re re + movere to move. See {Move}.] 1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • remove — [ri mo͞ov′] vt. removed, removing [ME remouen < OFr remouvoir < L removere: see RE & MOVE] 1. to move (something) from where it is; lift, push, transfer, or carry away, or from one place to another 2. to take off [to remove one s coat] 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • Remove — Re*move , n. 1. The act of removing; a removal. [1913 Webster] This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship. Milton. [1913 Webster] And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • remove — ► VERB 1) take off or away from the position occupied. 2) abolish or get rid of. 3) dismiss from a post. 4) (be removed) be very different from. 5) (remove to) dated relocate to (another place). 6) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • remove — [v1] lift or move object; take off, away abolish, abstract, amputate, carry away, carry off, cart off, clear away, cut out, delete, depose, detach, dethrone, dig out, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, disturb, do away with, doff,… …   New thesaurus

  • Remove — or remover may refer to:* Removalist or household goods Mover * Hare Remover , 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon * Needle remover * Pet eye remover, in photographic retouching * Polish remover * Staple removerSee also* Delete * Relocate * Removable… …   Wikipedia

  • remove — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. remouvoir, from L. removere move back or away, from re back, away + movere to move (see MOVE (Cf. move)). Related: Removed; removing. The noun is first recorded 1550s, act of removing; sense of space or interval by which… …   Etymology dictionary

  • remove — vb *move, shift, transfer Analogous words: convey, *carry, bear, transport, transmit: eradicate, extirpate, uproot (see EXTERMINATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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