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      remove
      noun
      The act of removing something.
      A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
      Distance in time or space; interval.
      (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
      (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
      (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
      The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
      (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
      (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
      verb
      (transitive) To delete.
      (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
      (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
      To dismiss or discharge from office.
      (transitive) To murder.
      (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
      (intransitive, now rare) To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
      (intransitive, archaic) To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
      (obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course.
      Roots
      moveomov- · Latin · move, mover
      Synonyms for remove
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      Words related to remove
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