| means | (verb) take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"
lift |
| means | (verb) remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"
clean |
| means | (verb) remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"
lift |
| means | (verb) remove from sight
clear off, clear away |
| means | (verb) remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug"
clean |
| means | (verb) remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains"
wash off, wash, wash out, wash away |
| means | (verb) remove surgically; "amputate limbs"
cut off, amputate |
| means | (verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"
strip, leach |
| means | (verb) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
clean, strip |
| means | (verb) take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
strip, dismantle |
| means | (verb) remove a constituent from a liquid
strip |
| means | (verb) remove something from a container or an enclosed space
take out |
| means | (verb) take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
take off |
| means | (verb) take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
pull |
| means | (verb) remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
bear away, take away, bear off, carry off, carry away |
| means | (verb) free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
clear up, clear |
| means | (verb) strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
strip |
| means | (verb) remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"
take out, unpack |
| means | (verb) take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
take out, take away |
| means | (verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off |
| means | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
strip, divest, disinvest, undress |
| means | (verb) remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
delete, cancel |
| means | (verb) 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"
take away, take, remove, withdraw |
| means | (verb) remove the surface from; "strip wood"
strip |
| means | (verb) 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 out, take out, get out, pull, draw |
| means | (verb) remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"
clear |
| means | (verb) remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
chop off, cut off, lop off |
| means | (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
take out, pull out, draw out, pull, pull up, extract |
| means | (verb) take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
take out, draw |
| means | (verb) eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
exhaust, release, discharge, eject, expel |
| means | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot |
| means | (verb) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
erase, delete |
| means | (verb) remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
strike off, mark, strike out, cross off, cross out |
| means | (verb) change the arrangement or position of
vex, disturb, stir up, raise up, shake up, agitate, commove |
| means | (verb) move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"
stir |
| means | (verb) cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
force, draw, pull |
| means | (verb) dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
get rid of, remove |