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# remove

verb (remove, removes, removed, removing)

«remove» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To remove is to take something away from where it was: remove the plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#m1)
2. To remove is to take off: remove your shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#m2)
3. To remove is to get rid of something: remove a stain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#m3)

### In the lessons

taking things off the table or out of a box («Zoe removes 4 apples from the basket» = subtract from that place); in science removing a variable in a test; in everyday life «remove your hat indoors», «remove the label»; in safety only adults remove splinters or broken glass

### Examples

- I remove two spoons from the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x1)
- Zoe removes 4 apples from the basket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x2)
- Tom removed 6 books from the shelf. How many books are on the shelf now? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x3)
- Please remove your muddy shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x4)
- Remove the lid carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x5)
- This soap removes dirt and germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x6)
- Ask an adult to remove the broken glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x7)
- The doctor removed the splinter from my finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/#x8)

### Note

What is removed leaves the place it was in: subtract from that place. Trap: the removed things are added to wherever they are put. Noun «removal».

## In Jewish tradition

taking things off the table or out of a box («Zoe removes 4 apples from the basket» = subtract from that place); in science removing a variable in a test; in everyday life «remove your hat indoors», «remove the label»; in safety only adults remove splinters or broken glass

### Examples

- And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not. (Torah GEN.26.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/#x1)
- And as for the people, he removed them city by city, from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof. (Torah GEN.47.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/#x2)
- So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave each one to its own inheritance.' (Torah NUM.36.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/#x3)
- Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? (Writings JOB.18.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/#x4)
- Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. (Writings PRO.22.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/#x5)
- And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity. (Writings LAM.3.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/#x6)

### Note

What is removed leaves the place it was in: subtract from that place. Trap: the removed things are added to wherever they are put. Noun «removal».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «remove» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remove/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«remove» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/remove.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «remove» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remove/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«remove» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/remove.html) on Mova free.