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Noun remove has 1 sense
  1. remove - degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";
    --1 is a kind of     distance
,Verb remove has 8 senses
  1. remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. 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"
    Derived forms: noun remotion1, noun remover1, noun removal1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to remove the doors
  2. remove - remove from a position or an office
    Derived form: noun removal2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
    Derived form: noun removal1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. take out, move out, remove - cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. 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"
    --5 is one way to transfer, shift
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  6. absent, remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself"
    --6 is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
  7. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
    --7 is one way to kill
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  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"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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