throw off
shake
shake off
escape from
chase away
adios
dispose of
see the back of
rid of
obviate
eliminate
away
drive a stake through its heart
choke off
shit-can
doff
get rid of
abolish
unaccumulation
outtake
unaccumulate
stamp out
unload
take out
take off
take
clean
elimination
riddance
jettison
dispose
deinstallation
dele
excise
remove
ship out
bit bucket
disposal
wash away
removal
superpurgation
quelch
knock out
sublation
impoverish
pick off
crash out
deprive
pull
dump
hack
subtraction
free
wipe
throwing away
burr
clear away
pick out
discard
bur
see off
ungild
unrid
got rid of
removably
hack off
have out
dereification
fluctuate
fortake
gut
blow away
remotion
erasure
stub out
throw away
cast
desuete
cast off
throw
unclutter
purgingly
drop
clear
scratch
shed
disposition
liquidate
demouse
redelete
unpluggable
eliminatory
bate
unrid
desuete
unpluggable
eliminatory
away
removably
purgingly
unaccumulation
elimination
riddance
deinstallation
disposal
removal
superpurgation
sublation
subtraction
throwing away
discard
dereification
remotion
erasure
disposition
throw off
shake
shake off
escape from
chase away
adios
dispose of
see the back of
rid of
obviate
eliminate
drive a stake through its heart
choke off
shit-can
doff
get rid of
abolish
outtake
unaccumulate
stamp out
unload
take out
take off
take
clean
jettison
dispose
dele
excise
remove
ship out
bit bucket
wash away
quelch
knock out
impoverish
pick off
crash out
deprive
pull
dump
hack
free
wipe
burr
clear away
pick out
bur
see off
ungild
got rid of
hack off
have out
fluctuate
fortake
gut
blow away
stub out
throw away
cast
cast off
throw
unclutter
drop
clear
scratch
shed
liquidate
demouse
redelete
bate
verb
verb
- get rid of
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- move back and forth or sideways
- undermine or cause to waver
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
noun
- building material used as siding or roofing
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
verb
verb
verb
verb
adv
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- from one's possession
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- out of existence
- at a distance in space or time
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- freely or at will
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in a different direction
- in reserve; not for immediate use
adj
adj
verb
verb
noun
verb
- To get rid of or dispose of.
- To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.
- To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
- To deposit one's load or cargo.
- To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
- To discharge, pour, or expel.
- To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
- To remove the charge from.
- To deliver forcefully.
- To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
- To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
verb
- To remove.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
- remove while making clean
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- be cleanable
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- remove unwanted substances from
- remove shells or husks from
adj
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- free from impurities
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- free from sepsis or infection
- morally pure
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- without difficulties or problems
- thorough and without qualification
- not carrying concealed weapons
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free of drugs
noun
adj
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- ritually clean or pure
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
adv
noun
- the act of removing or getting rid of something
- the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
- the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
- the murder of a competitor
verb
- To delete.
- To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- To murder.
- To dismiss or discharge from office.
- To move something or someone from one place to another, especially to take away.
- To dismiss a batsman.
noun
- Distance in time or space; interval.
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- Emotional distance or indifference.
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- The act of removing something.
- A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
verb
noun
- The supposed place where bits (binary digits) go when they fall off the end of a register during a shift operation; the notional resting place of lost or missing digital information.
- A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines; a chad box.
noun
- The process of removing, or the fact of being removed.
- The relocation of a business etc.
- Murder.
- An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
- The dismissal of someone from office.
noun
verb
- take away
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
noun
verb
- To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
- To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
- To end a romantic relationship with.
- To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
noun
- An act of defecation; a defecating.
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- An act of dumping, or its result.
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- A pile of ore or rock.
- A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
- A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
verb
- cut away
- cut with a hacking tool
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- kick on the arms
- kick on the shins
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cough spasmodically
noun
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a mediocre and disdained writer
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- an old or over-worked horse
- a horse kept for hire
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
verb
- To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
- To make free; set at liberty; release.
- To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
noun
- A free transfer.
- The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
adj
- Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.
- Without obligations.
- With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
- (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- Unconstrained.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- Not attached; loose.
- Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.
- Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
- Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
- complimentary
- Unconstrained by relators.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
adv
verb
- To erase.
- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.
- To deperm (a ship).
- To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- To remove an expression from one's face.
noun
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- The act of wiping something.
- An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
verb
verb
- To cause to go away, to get rid of
- To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
- To overwhelm.
- To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
- To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
- To delete (data, files, etc.).
- To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.
noun
verb
- to remove
- put or send forth
- deposit
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- throw forcefully
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- choose at random
- formulate in a particular style or language
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
noun
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- object formed by a mold
- the act of throwing dice
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- a violent throw
verb
- to remove
- propel through the air
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- place or put with great energy
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- put or send forth
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- cause to be confused emotionally
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- organize or be responsible for
- make on a potter's wheel
- cause to fall off
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- a single chance or instance
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
verb
adv
verb
- to remove
- let fall to the ground
- to fall vertically
- go down in value
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- terminate an association with
- utter with seeming casualness
- stop pursuing or acting
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- lose (a game)
- pay out
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- hang loosely
- stop associating with
- let or cause to fall in drops
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- leave undone or leave out
- change from one level to another
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- give birth; used for animals
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a steep high face of rock
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- the act of dropping something
verb
- rid of obstructions
- make a way or path by removing objects
- become clear
- grant authorization or clearance for
- remove
- go unchallenged; be approved
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- go away or disappear
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- yield as a net profit
- make as a net profit
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- sell to get rid of
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- settle, as of a debt
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- rid of instructions or data
- remove (people) from a building
- remove the occupants of
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
adv
adj
- readily apparent to the mind
- allowing light to pass through
- accurately stated or described
- free from clouds or mist or haze
adj
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- clear of charges or deductions
- easily deciphered
- freed from any question of guilt
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
noun
verb
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- to get such scratches
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
adj
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
noun
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Money.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- A scratch wig.
- A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
- The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- An injury.
verb
- To do away with.
- To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
- To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts.
- To kill.
- To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem.
- To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain.
verb
verb
verb
- To cut off, remove, take away.
- To deprive of.
- To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- To masturbate.
- To waste away.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
noun
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