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Nouns (1)

n. degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

Verbs (12)

remove

v. remove from a position or an office

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

absent, remove

v. go away or leave; "He absented himself"

get rid of, remove

v. dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

remove, transfer

v. 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"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

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Fuzzynyms (253)

depose, force out

v. force to leave (an office)

dethrone

v. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

excise

v. remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"

obliterate

v. do away with completely, without leaving a trace

draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out

v. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

pull

v. take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"

erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out

v. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

relax, loose, become less tight

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

free, disengage

v. free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

untie, unbrace, unlace

v. undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"

unclutter, clear

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

empty

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

dispossess

v. deprive of the possession of real estate

sequester

v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark

v. remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

isolate

v. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

remove, transfer

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

sequester

v. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"

segregate

v. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

disqualify, unfit, indispose

v. make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"

doff

v. remove; "He doffed his hat"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

evacuate

v. create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)

leave, leave alone, leave behind

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

shorten

v. make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

chop, hack

v. cut with a hacking tool

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

hack

v. cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"

slip

v. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"

scratch, scrape, scratch up

v. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

grate, grind

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

graze

v. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

rasp

v. scrape with a rasp

score, nock, mark

v. make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

banish, ban

v. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

oust

v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

evict, force out

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

dislodge, bump

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

isolate

v. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

sequester

v. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"

segregate

v. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

engage, mesh, lock, operate

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into

v. to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

transplant, transfer

v. lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"

transplant

v. be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

banish

v. drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

banish, relegate, bar

v. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

banish, ban

v. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

oust

v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

remove, transfer

evict, force out

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

dislodge, bump

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

isolate

v. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

sequester

v. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"

segregate

v. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

evacuate

v. move people from their homes or country

engage, mesh, lock, operate

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into

v. to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

transplant, transfer

v. lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"

transplant

v. be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

banish

v. drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

banish, relegate, bar

v. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

Synonyms (1)

subtract

v. take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

Antonyms (16)

add

v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

lodge, wedge, stick, deposit

v. put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"

add, add together

v. make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"

set

v. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

set

v. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

reconcile > recoup > recreate > refrain > reject > rejected > release > remove

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