Degree of figurative distance or separation.

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation^†, mastication, manducation^†, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] hippophagy^†, ichthyophagy^†.    [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. 865; mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard^†, gob [Slang], chops.    drinking etc. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal etc. (amusement) 840; drunkenness etc. 959.    food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat etc. (provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.    comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog^†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia^†; cereals; viands, cates^†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.    beef, bisquit^†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling^†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti^†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet^†, releve [Fr.], hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage^†, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat^†; pie, pasty, volauvent^†; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets etc. 296; kickshaws^†; condiment etc. 393.    appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].    main course, entree.    alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake^†, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole^†, avocado, banana, beche de mer [Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli^†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty^†, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty^†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis^†, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang^†, vanilla, waffle, walnut.    table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary, entree.    meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement^†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.], bever^†, tiffin^†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout [Slang]; light refreshment; bara^†, chotahazri^†; bara khana^†.    mouthful, bolus, gobbet^†, morsel, sop, sippet^†.    drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp.    wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo^†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus^†, cup, bishop, wassail; gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer^†; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.   2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage.    eating house etc. 189.    [person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton etc. 957.    ... show more

Roget 541: learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice, prentice^†, journeyman; articled clerk; beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur; abecedarian, alphabetarian^†; alumnus, eleve [Fr.].    recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor^†, catechumen, probationer; seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner; debutant.    [apprentice medical doctors] intern; resident.    schoolboy; fresh, freshman, frosh; junior soph^†, junior; senior soph^†, senior; sophister^†, sophomore; questionist^†.    [college and university students] undergraduate; graduate student; law student; medical student; pre-med; post-doctoral student, post-doc; matriculated student; part-time student, night student, auditor.    [group of learners] class, grade, seminar, form, remove; pupilage etc. (learning) 539.    disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple^†.    [place of learning] school etc. 542.    ... show more

Roget 71: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree etc. 26; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.    ... show more

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.

synonyms: take, take away, withdraw.

Roget 38: subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove, withdraw, take from, take away; detract.    garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate^†; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind^†, excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate.    diminish etc. 36; curtail etc. (shorten) 201; deprive of etc. (take) 789; weaken.    ... show more

Roget 293: depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.    leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose [Slang], vamose [U.S.]; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye etc. n.; disappear etc. 449; abscond etc. (avoid) 623; entrain; inspan^†.    ... show more

Roget 287: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart etc. 293; retreat etc. 283; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away etc. (avoid) 623.    remove, shunt, distance.    ... show more

Roget 2: not exist etc. 1; have no existence etc. 1; be null and void; cease to exist etc. 1; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct etc. adj.; die out; disappear etc. 449; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die etc. 360.    annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate etc. 756; destroy etc. 162; take away; remove etc. (displace) 185; obliterate, extirpate.    ... show more

Roget 185: displace, misplace, displant^†, dislodge, disestablish; exile etc. (seclude) 893; ablegate^†, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade etc. 184.    unload, empty etc. (eject) 297; transfer etc. 270; dispel.    vacate; depart etc. 293.    ... show more

Dutch: weghalen, pinnen, wegdoen, wegnemen, verwijderen

Remove from a position or an office.

Dispose of.

synonym: get rid of.

Dutch: kwijt raken, afkomen, afmaken, kwijtraken, ontdoen

Cause to leave.

synonyms: move out, take out.

Roget 301: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate^†; unroot^†; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.    remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate etc. (eject) 297; eviscerate etc. 297.    express, squeeze out, press out.    ... show more

Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes:
— He removed his children to the countryside.
— Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city.
— Remove a case to another court.

synonym: transfer.

Go away or leave.

synonym: absent.

Dutch: vertrekken, verwijderen

Kill intentionally and with premeditation.

synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, slay.

Dutch: afmaken, doden, killen, koud maken, liquideren, mollen, om het leven brengen, om zeep helpen, ombrengen, omleggen, vermoorden ... show more

Get rid of something abstract:
— The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage.

synonym: take away.