Crossword clues for removing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remove \Re*move"\ (r?-m??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Removed (-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.] [OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to move. See Move.]
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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.
--Deut. xix. 14.When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.
--Goldsmith. 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. ``King Richard thus removed.''
--Shak.-
To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
Note: See the Note under Remove, v. i.
Wiktionary
n. removal vb. (present participle of remove English)
Usage examples of "removing".
He sat there in the office, tapping at the computer as he wrung the cost analyses out of it, adding variables, removing the more unlikely ones, inserting market projections and probable effects on other affiliated firms of the company.
If he had known that Sir Winton was in London, he would have introduced Jon as the vicar and Torwell as an antiquarian, removing his reputation from consideration.
This resident wanted to do an end-to-end anastomosis of the bowels, removing a big section and then reconnecting it.
He asked if the democratic party exhibits a contempt for the laws, how any governor was to enforce them, if he had not the power either of appointing or removing magistrates?
Julia recognized the suggestion for what it was, exquisite politeness designed to give her an excuse to retain her barracan if removing it would embarrass her, and also, a subtle hint that he had no intent to ravish her upon the spot.
The commonest is known as the bastinado, which consists of removing the shoes of the victim and whipping the soles of his feet with a bamboo stick.
She explained to the Benji chief that without removing the appendix, Luta would most certainly die.
Removing the brigandine, they found the inside of the velvet-padded armour covered in small droplets of wet blood, looking not unlike the hips and haws which decorate rose briars and hawthorns in the autumn.
Long ago, humans had used bulky oxygen tanks, and then rebreathers, which processed exhaled air, removing the carbon dioxide by mixing it with alkaline hydroxide, and then injecting the resultant oxygen with helium.
A direct determination may be made by removing the tin from the titrated solution with sulphuretted hydrogen, filtering, nearly neutralising with ammonia, and boiling with a few grams of hyposulphite of soda.
He had a wrench in his hand and was removing the bolts that fastened the magneto to the boat engine.
After taking care of private matters, Maria sat down under one of the cottonwoods and leaned against the trunk, lifting her heavy woolen skirt, removing her shoes, and stretching her legs out in front of her.
Miss Hamilton solved the problem by removing her dress, throwing it to Martyn and waiting to be inserted into her dressing-gown.
Working under the critical eye of his father, Ismail was removing the fill from the interior of a small chamber that had been added to the larger adjoining mastaba at a much later date by a man who could not afford a separate tomb of his own.
Ronin crossed the room and, removing his shirt and weapons belt, donned the robe as Matsu had bidden him.