ENGLISH: remove - CREOLE: retire



Overview of noun remove



The noun remove has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. remove -- (degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";)



Overview of verb remove



The verb remove has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (91) remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

2. (4) remove -- (remove from a position or an office)

3. (4) get rid of, remove -- (dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood")

4. (3) take out, move out, remove -- (cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom")

5. (3) remove, transfer -- (shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court")

6. (2) absent, remove -- (go away or leave; "He absented himself")

7. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove -- (kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered")

8. remove, take away -- (get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins")

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