(v. t.) To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
(v. t.) To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
(v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
(v. i.) To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
(n.) The act of removing; a removal.
(n.) The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.
(n.) The state of being removed.
(n.) That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
(n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
(n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Example Sentences:
(1) Samples are hydrolyzed with Ba (OH)2, and the hydrolysate is passed through a Dowex-50 column to remove the salts and soluble carbohydrates.
(2) The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) is a dissecting system that removes tissue by vibration, irrigation and suction; fluid and particulate matter from tumors are aspirated and subsquently deposited in a canister.
(3) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
(4) On removal of selective pressure, the His+ phenotype was lost more readily than the Ura+ Trp+ markers, with a corresponding decrease in plasmid copy number.
(5) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
(6) Nine months later, the animals were sacrificed, the esophagus and the gastric stump were removed for histologic examination.
(7) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
(8) Decreased MU stops additions of bone by modeling and increases removal of bone next to marrow by remodeling.
(9) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
(10) No effect of BSO pretreatments on the incomplete removal of crosslinks over 36 hr of observation was seen.
(11) Plasma for beta-endorphin assay was preincubated with sepharose-bound anti-beta-lipotropin to remove beta-lipotropin that cross-reacted with the beta-endorphin RIA.
(12) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
(13) A neonate without external malformation had undergone removal of a nasopharyngeal mass containing anterior and posterior pituitary tissue.
(14) Selective removal of endothelium had no effect on BK-induced contraction or the action of the antagonists.
(15) Conditions for limited digestion of the heterodimer by subtilisin, removing only the carboxyl terminus, were determined.
(16) Our recurrences are due to local infections, removing the metal strut too early, i.e.
(17) We conclude that removal of dimers and repair of gaps were similar in all cases.
(18) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
(19) (4) Despite the removal of the cruciate ligaments and capsulo-ligamentous slide, no significant residual instability was found in either plane.
(20) Agarose-albumin beads may be useful for removing protein-bound substances from the blood of patients with liver failure, intoxication with protein-bound drugs, or specific metabolic deficits.
Yank
Definition:
(n.) A jerk or twitch.
(v. t.) To twitch; to jerk.
(n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.
Example Sentences:
(1) First, I recapped Die Hard 2 – the insane cross-eyed Gizmo of the Die Hard world – a few months ago, and now I'm secretly determined to do the whole series before the Guardian film editors wise up and yank this feature from my warm, live hands.
(2) The Bombers have scored seven runs in four games, all losses, prompting manager Joe Girardi to answer “I don’t know” to the question of why the Yanks can’t hit.
(3) And as Neymar has begun to prosper at this World Cup he has been busy yanking things back.
(4) He yanks a few times on the starting cord of the outboard engine, and we sputter off into the bay towards our target – our progress in these sensitive waters observed by a police motorboat.
(5) he squeals as he yanks the calendar out of my hands.
(6) But the most worrying problem with rank and yank is it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(7) "A guy comes near my seat, shoves a badge that had some sort of a shield on it, yanks the Google Glass off my face and says 'Follow me outside immediately'," said the man, who was taken into a room for interrogation.
(8) The video, which was published by the New York Daily News , shows an officer putting his arm around Garner's neck and yanking him to the ground.
(9) Two years ago, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained was yanked from cinemas after censors claimed it showed scenes too violent for Chinese audiences.
(10) None of this means you should yank your cash out of your stock and bond investments and stick it into your bank account or under your mattress.
(11) "Can you explain to the Whining Yanks that they didn't have a goal disallowed in the match against Slovenia, since the referee clearly blew for what he perceived to be a foul before the ball had reached Edu and ended up in the back of the net," lectures Matt.
(12) Improper insertion techniques, unintentional yanking of the tail, or genital touching during sexual foreplay accounted for the 4 expulsions.
(13) He is toughest of all on himself: nearly 50 years on he is still mortified by his rhyming of "woman" with "human" in a song that got yanked from Anyone Can Whistle .
(14) Every day in the studio, Li’s untutored legs were yanked into stretches that tore his hamstrings.
(15) A curtain is yanked back and we get an insight into the chaos normally presented with supreme confidence.
(16) But you can't yank their reins half-heartedly, out of politeness; you can't kick them into action without their noticing.
(17) "USA are visibly growing in confidence and I wouldn't be surprised to see the Yanks score again before the night is out."
(18) Then, suddenly, a hand reached from within the carriage and yanked me inside.
(19) By yanking on the string, the pair were able to pull the trigger from 20ft away, successfully discharging a .380 caliber bullet.
(20) The Trump campaign has yanked advertising and staff out of Virginia, and major donors are pulling the plug.