remove

«remove» in Mova's school dictionary: to take something away from where it was: remove the plates — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (remove, removes, removed, removing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To remove is to take something away from where it was: remove the plates. tree →

2) To remove is to take off: remove your shoes. tree →

3) To remove is to get rid of something: remove a stain. tree →

sense 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 →
• Zoe removes 4 apples from the basket. tree →
• Tom removed 6 books from the shelf. How many books are on the shelf now? tree →
• Please remove your muddy shoes. tree →
• Remove the lid carefully. tree →
• This soap removes dirt and germs. tree →
• Ask an adult to remove the broken glass. tree →
• The doctor removed the splinter from my finger. tree →

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 the corpora

• Fakes can spread faster than they can be removed; reporting them helps and sharing them harms.
• Free music apps earn money from adverts; a paid subscription removes them.
• Wires can hold actors up safely, and the wires are removed later by computer.
• Chimps groom each other to remove dirt and bugs, but also to make friends and make up after fights.
• Penguins can drink sea water, because a special gland above the eyes removes extra salt, which drips out from the beak.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «remove» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.