remove
VERBNOUN
/rɪ'muv/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
remove is a valid 6-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1M3O1V4E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does remove mean?
VERB · 8 SENSES
1
Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
“remove a threat”
“remove a wrapper”
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2
Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
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3
Go away or leave.
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4
Dispose of.
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5
Cause to leave.
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6
Get rid of something abstract.
“The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”
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7
Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.
“He removed his children to the countryside”
“remove a case to another court”
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8
Remove from a position or an office.
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NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
Degree of figurative distance or separation.
“just one remove from madness”
“it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy”
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