remove; take; take away; withdraw




remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

"remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

Types:
  • epilate; depilate
  • harvest
  • tip
  • stem
  • extirpate
  • enucleate
  • exenterate
  • enucleate
  • decorticate
  • bail
  • strip; undress; divest; disinvest
  • ablate
  • clean; pick
  • clean
  • winnow
  • pick
  • clear; clear up
  • muck
  • lift
  • lift
  • lift
  • tear away; tear off
  • take off
  • take away; take out
  • pit; stone
  • seed
  • unhinge
  • shuck
  • hull
  • crumb
  • chip away; chip away at
  • burl
  • knock out
  • scavenge; clean
  • hypophysectomize; hypophysectomise
  • degas
  • husk; shell
  • bur; burr
  • clear off; clear away
  • flick
  • strip; dismantle
  • strip
  • clear
  • defang
  • bone; debone
  • disembowel; eviscerate; draw
  • shell
  • shuck
  • tusk; detusk
  • dehorn
  • scalp
  • weed
  • condense
  • bail out; bale out
  • leach; strip
  • decalcify
  • detoxify; detoxicate
  • de-ionate
  • de-iodinate
  • decarbonize; decarbonise; decarburize; decarburise; decoke
  • delouse
  • ream
  • brush
  • wash; wash out; wash off; wash away
  • desorb
  • pull
  • demineralize; demineralise
  • eliminate
  • expectorate; clear out; drive out
  • carve out
  • defuse
  • dredge
  • wear away; wear off
  • amputate; cut off
  • resect; eviscerate
  • skim; skim off; cream off; cream
  • strip
  • strip
  • scale; descale
  • circumcise
  • undock
  • dig; delve; cut into; turn over
  • excavate; dig; hollow
  • scoop; scoop out; lift out; scoop up; take up
  • extract; pull out; pull; pull up; take out; draw out
  • take out
  • unstring
  • string
  • wipe off; wipe away
  • take away; bear off; bear away; carry away; carry off
  • unveil
  • unpack; take out
  • unburden; disburden
  • empty
  • discharge
  • unsaddle; offsaddle
  • shed; cast; cast off; shake off; throw; throw off; throw away; drop
  • dislodge; free
  • clean
  • aspirate; draw out; suck out
  • delete; cancel
  • ladle; lade; laden
  • spoon
  • gut
  • head
  • draw off; draw away; pull off
  • clean; strip
  • draw; take out
  • draw; pull; pull out; get out; take out
  • leach
  • draw
  • withdraw; draw; take out; draw off


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