Search results for 'remove':

remove verb 1 to move someone or something to a different place. 2 to take off (a piece of clothing). 3 to get rid of someone or something. 4 euphemistic to murder or assassinate. 5 to dismiss someone from a job, position, etc. 6 intrans, formal a to change one's position, place, location, etc; b to move to a new house. noun 1 a removal. 2 the degree, usually specified, of difference separating two things • a form of government at only one remove from tyranny. 3 Brit in some schools: an intermediate form or class. removability noun. removable adj. removal noun 1 the act or process of removing or state of being removed. 2 a the moving of possessions, furniture, etc to a new house; b as adj • removal van. 3 euphemistic murder or assassination. removed adj 1 separated, distant or remote. 2 usually said of cousins: separated by a specified number of generations or degrees of descent • first cousin once removed. remover noun 1 someone or something that removes. 2 someone whose job is to move possessions, furniture, etc from one house to another.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French remouvoir.