take away

1. Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state;
   Transport into a new location or state (synset 201436911)
   "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
   entail: go away, go forth, leave - go away from a place
   is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
   subtypes:

   • spirit away - carry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriously
   • spirit away, spirit off - carry off mysteriously; as if by magic
   • whisk away, whisk off - take away quickly and suddenly
   same as: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off
2. Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (synset 200173351)
   "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"
   subtypes:

   • depilate, epilate - remove body hair
   • harvest - remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation
   • tip - remove the tip from
   • stem - remove the stem from
   • extirpate - surgically remove (an organ)
   • enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover
   • exenterate - remove the contents of (an organ)
   • enucleate - remove the nucleus from (a cell)
   • decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ)
   • bail - remove (water) from a vessel with a container
   • disinvest, divest, strip, undress - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
   • ablate - remove an organ or bodily structure
   • clean, pick - remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
   • clean - remove shells or husks from
   • fan, winnow - blow away or off with a current of air
   • pick - remove in small bits
   • clear, clear up - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
   • muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
   • lift - remove from a surface
   • lift - take off or away by decreasing
   • lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
   • rip off, tear away, tear off - remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
   • take off - take away or remove
   • take away, take out - take out or remove
   • pit, stone - remove the pits from
   • seed - remove the seeds from
   • unhinge - remove the hinges from
   • shuck - remove the shucks from
   • hull - remove the hulls from
   • crumb - remove crumbs from
   • chip away, chip away at - remove or withdraw gradually:
   • burl - remove the burls from cloth
   • knock out - destroy or break forcefully
   • clean, scavenge - remove unwanted substances from
   • hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize - remove the pituitary glands
   • degas - remove gas from
   • husk, shell - remove the husks from
   • bur, burr - remove the burrs from
   • clear away, clear off - remove from sight
   • flick - remove with a flick (of the hand)
   • dismantle, strip - take off or remove
   • strip - remove a constituent from a liquid
   • clear - remove
   • defang - remove the fangs from
   • bone, debone - remove the bones from
   • disembowel, draw, eviscerate - remove the entrails of
   • shell - remove from its shell or outer covering
   • shuck - remove from the shell
   • detusk, tusk - remove the tusks of animals
   • dehorn - prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
   • scalp - remove the scalp of
   • weed - clear of weeds
   • condense - remove water from
   • bail out, bale out - remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
   • leach, strip - remove substances from by a percolating liquid
   • decalcify - remove calcium or lime from
   • detoxicate, detoxify - remove poison from
   • de-ionate - remove ions from
   • de-iodinate - remove iodine from
   • decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke - remove carbon from (an engine)
   • delouse - free of lice
   • ream - remove by making a hole or by boring
   • brush - remove with or as if with a brush
   • wash, wash away, wash off, wash out - remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
   • desorb - remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
   • pull - take away
   • demineralise, demineralize - remove the minerals or salts from
   • eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
   • clear out, drive out, expectorate - clear out the chest and lungs
   • carve out - remove from a larger whole
   • defuse - remove the triggering device from
   • dredge - remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
   • wear away, wear off - diminish, as by friction
   • amputate, cut off - remove surgically
   • eviscerate, resect - surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
   • cream, cream off, skim, skim off - remove from the surface
   • strip - remove the surface from
   • strip - strip the cured leaves from
   • descale, scale - remove the scales from
   • circumcise - cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
   • undock - take (a ship) out of a dock
   • cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth
   • dig, excavate, hollow - remove the inner part or the core of
   • lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up - take out or up with or as if with a scoop
   • draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out - remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   • take out - remove something from a container or an enclosed space
   • unstring - remove the strings from
   • string - remove the stringy parts of
   • wipe away, wipe off - remove by wiping
   • bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away - remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
   • unveil - remove the cover from
   • take out, unpack - remove from its packing
   • disburden, unburden - take the burden off; remove the burden from
   • empty - remove
   • discharge - remove the charge from
   • offsaddle, unsaddle - remove the saddle from
   • cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off - get rid of
   • dislodge, free - remove or force out from a position
   • clean - remove while making clean
   • aspirate, draw out, suck out - remove by suction
   • cancel, delete - remove or make invisible
   • lade, laden, ladle - remove with or as if with a ladle
   • spoon - scoop up or take up with a spoon
   • gut - remove the guts of
   • head - remove the head of
   • draw away, draw off, pull off - remove by drawing or pulling
   • clean, strip - remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
   • draw, take out - take liquid out of a container or well
   • draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out - bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
   • leach - cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate
   • draw - cause to flow
   • draw, draw off, take out, withdraw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
   same as: remove, take, withdraw
3. Take out or remove (synset 200179456)
   "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
   is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
   subtypes:

   • bus - remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
   • kill, obliterate, wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
   • cross off, cross out, mark, strike off, strike out - remove from a list
   • delete, erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
   • cart away, cart off, haul away, haul off - take away by means of a vehicle
   same as: take out
4. Take from a person or place (synset 202210501)
   "We took the abused child away from its parents"
   is a type of: take - take into one's possession
5. Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food (synset 201169274)
   "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"
   is a type of: eat - eat a meal; take a meal
   same as: take out
6. Get rid of something abstract (synset 200572138)
   "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
   subtypes: wash away - eliminate
   same as: remove
7. Take away a part from;
   Diminish (synset 200533195)
   "His bad manners detract from his good character"
   is a type of: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in
   same as: detract

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