What is the meaning of remove?

noun

• Degree of figurative distance or separation.
  • usage: "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

verb

• Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
  • usage: "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
  • synonyms: take, take away, withdraw
• Remove from a position or an office.
• Dispose of.
  • usage: "Get rid of these old shoes"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
  • synonyms: get rid of
• Cause to leave.
  • usage: "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
  • synonyms: take out, move out
• Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes.
  • usage: "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
  • synonyms: transfer
• Go away or leave.
  • usage: "He absented himself"
  • synonyms: absent
• Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
  • usage: "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
  • synonyms: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off
• Get rid of something abstract.
  • usage: "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
  • synonyms: take away