Tra từ remove - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

removing clothes CLOTHES
- to take sb/sth away from a person: take* sb/sth away (from sb), remove sb/sth (from sb)
They've taken her driving licence away from her. ◎ The children have been removed from their parents.
- when a doctor or dentist removes a part of your body, such as a tooth, you have sth out
The dentist says I've got to have two teeth out.
- to take sb/sth away from a place: take* sb/sth away (from sth), remove sb/sth (from sth)
Can you please remove your car from the staff car park?
- to take sb/sth out of a place: take*/get* sb/sth out (of sth)
The rescue workers worked night and day to get the passengers out of the train.
- to take sb/sth from a surface: take*/get* sb/sth off sth
Could you take those papers off the table, please. ◎ I can't get the price off this book without tearing the cover!
- to make sth disappear: get* rid of sth, remove sth; noun (U): removal
How can I get rid of this wine stain? ◎ a product for stain removal
- to remove sth completely: clear sth (from/off sth), clear sth of sth, (formal) eliminate sth (from sth); nouns (U): clearance, elimination
They're clearing the snow from the roads. ◎ to clear the paths of snow ◎ slum clearance
- if sth can be removed or is removed, it comes* off (sth), comes* out (of sth)
This stain won't come off - I shall have to throw the dress away. ◎ Unfortunately the cake didn't come out of the tin in one piece.
- able to be removed: removable
The back seat is removable.
※ ways of removing things
- to remove sb/sth by lifting or pulling: lift/pull sb/sth off (sth), lift/pull sb/sth out (of sth)
The injured passenger was lifted off the boat by helicopter. ◎ We had to pull the fallen tree off the road. ◎ to pull a tooth out
- to remove a part of sth by breaking sth: break* sth off (sth)
I broke off a square of chocolate.
- to separate a piece of paper or material from a larger piece of paper or material: tear* sth off (sth), tear* sth out (of sth)
She tore off a corner of the paper and wrote her phone number on it. ◎ to tear a page out of a book
- to remove sth using a knife, scissors, etc: cut* sth off (sth)
- to remove sth with a saw: saw sth off (sth)
He sawed a branch off the tree.
- to remove sth with heat: burn* sth off (sth)
Burn off the old paint before repainting the door.
- to remove sth with a brush: brush sth off (sth), brush sth away (from sth)
She brushed the crumbs off the table.
- to remove sth by moving a sharp edge, for example a knife, across sth: scrape sth off (sth)
Scrape the mud off your boots!
※ throwing things away
- to take sth that you do not want or need and put it in another place: throw* sth away, get* rid of sth, (formal) dispose of sth; noun (U): disposal
Can I throw your old jeans away? ◎ I might as well get rid of these clothes - I never use them. ◎ the disposal of dangerous chemicals
- to remove things by tidying sth and throwing away things that you do not want: clear sth out, (informal) have a clear-out
I've decided to clear out the spare room today. ◎ We're having a clear-out - do you want any of this stuff?
- to remove things and put them in cupboards, drawers, etc: clear (sth) away
Who's going to offer to clear away the dinner things?
※ not removing or being removed
- not to remove sth from a place: leave* sth on/in (sth)
Leave the baby in his cot for a while and see if he goes to sleep.
- not to be removed from a place: stay on/in (sth)
The letter stayed on the table for several days before anybody opened it.