n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: MOVE 4, dislocate, disturb, shift, ship, transfer
2 to take something from a place or position FF1C; removed the book from the shelf FF1E;
Synonyms: take away, take off, take out, withdraw
Related Words: move, shift, transfer; extract
3 to take (as a hat) from one's person FF1C; removed her coat when she entered the house FF1E;
Synonyms: doff, douse, put off, take off
Related Words: cast off, throw off
Idioms: off with
Contrasted Words: don, put on, replace
4 to get rid of FF1C; remove the causes of poverty FF1E;
Synonyms: clear away, eliminate, take out
Related Words: dispose (of), eradicate, exterminate, extirpate; blot out, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate
Idioms: do away with
5
Synonyms: PURGE 3, eliminate, liquidate