verb
1.
Synonyms: move 4, dislocate, disturb, shift, ship, transfer
2.
to take something from a place or position
removed the book from the shelf
Synonyms: take away, take off, take out, withdraw
Related Word: move, shift, transfer; extract
3.
to take (as a hat) from one's person
removed her coat when she entered the house
Synonyms: doff, douse, put off, take off
Related Word: cast off, throw off
Idioms: off with
Contrasted words: don, put on, replace
4.
to get rid of
remove the causes of poverty
Synonyms: clear away, eliminate, take out
Related Word: dispose (of), eradicate, exterminate, extirpate; blot out, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate
Idioms: do away with
5.
Synonyms: purge 3, eliminate, liquidate