verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 ~ sth/sb (from sth/sb) (written) to take sth/sb away from a place:
He removed his hand from her shoulder. * Illegally parked vehicles will be removed. * Three children were removed from the school for persistent bad behaviour. * Remove the pan from the heat and continue to stir the sauce.
2 (written) to take off clothing, etc. from the body:
She removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes.
3 ~ sth (from sb/sth) to get rid of sth unpleasant, dirty, etc.; to make sth disappear:
She has had the tumour removed. * to remove problems / obstacles / objections * The news removed any doubts about the company's future. * It was impossible to remove the stain from the tablecloth.
4 to dismiss sb from their position or job:
The elections removed the government from power.
IDIOMS
once, twice, etc. removed (of a COUSIN) belonging to a different GENERATION:
He's my cousin's son so he's my first cousin once removed.
be far / further / furthest removed from sth to be very different from sth; to not be connected with sth:
Many of these books are far removed from the reality of the children's lives.
noun [C,U] (formal) an amount by which two things are separated:
Charlotte seemed to be living at one remove from reality.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for remove is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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