Meaning

(transitive) To delete..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To delete.
2. (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
3. (transitive) To murder.
4. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
5. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
6. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, to leave; to move oneself or be moved.
7. (intransitive, archaic) To change one's residence or place of business; to move.
8. To dismiss or discharge from office.

Example Sentences

He removed the marbles from the bag.

Thou ſhalt not remoue thy neghbours marke which they of olde tyme haue ſett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enheretteſt in the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it.

His first indication of coming events was to remove the key from the outside to the inside of the door.

Now that she was rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.

Eternall thraldom was to her more liefe, / Then loſſe of chaſtitie, or chaunge of loue : / Dye had ſhe rather in tormenting griefe, / Then any ſhould of falſeneſſe her reproue, / Or looſeneſſe, that ſhe lightly did remoue.

The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

THenne the kynge dyd doo calle syre Gawayne / syre Borce / syr Lyonel and syre Bedewere / and commaunded them to goo strayte to syre Lucius / and saye ye to hym that hastely he remeue oute of my land / And yf he wil not / bydde hym make hym redy to bataylle and not distresse the poure peple

[…] you shall set your stakes at the brim of the water, each a yard apart, and so yedder them with your yedders, and so stake them with your strut stowers, that they may stand three tides without removing by the force thereof.

Word Forms

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