Definition of remove

• v. t. - To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
• v. t. - To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
• v. t. - To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
• v. i. - To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
• n. - The act of removing; a removal.
• n. - The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.
• n. - The state of being removed.
• n. - That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
• n. - The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
• n. - The act of resetting a horse's shoe.