Removed
[rɪ'muːvd] or [rɪ'mʊvd]
Definition
(adj.) separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; 'a cousin once removed' .
Edited by Angelina--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Remove
(a.) Changed in place.
(a.) Dismissed from office.
(a.) Distant in location; remote.
(a.) Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Secluded, sequestered, remote.
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Examples
- The Redan was within rifle-shot of the Malakoff; Inkerman was a mile away; and Balaklava removed but an hour's ride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His satisfaction was not removed by Rebecca's own statements, behaviour, and conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, removed out of the way, and coiled up as if afraid of being inadvertently trodden upon. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When they all removed to Brighton, therefore, you had no reason, I suppose, to believe them fond of each other? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The cushion had been removed, and the Bible was not there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch become motionless although we can observe you no longer! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Here Mr. Casaubon paused, removed one hand from his back and thrust it between the buttons of his single-breasted coat. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When all was completed the great staging was removed, and the mighty tube rested alone and secure upon its massive wedge-faced piers rising from the bedrock of the flood below. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is never removed from the horse, day or night. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The door was no sooner opened than all doubt on the subject was removed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- One by one, I saw these removed, lowered, and seized on. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The odor is not unpleasant, and is quickly removed by airing the room. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- All doubts upon the subject, if he had any, were speedily removed by the young lady's behaviour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Few who come here on business have any remembrance to bestow on one so removed from observation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- One was in a court close to St. Martin's Church--at the back of the church,--which is now removed altogether. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The curse pronounced against the rebuilding of it, has never been removed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The body of the unfortunate baronet had been removed, and all else remained as we had seen it in the morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I next removed the white and cumbersome parts of my underclothing, and replaced them by a petticoat of dark flannel. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The stick had been removed, but there also the marks were slight. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This cannot be removed by water alone, but if soap is used and a generous lather is applied to the skin, the dirt is cut and passes from the body into the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A new Lord Protector of England was to be chosen; and, at Raymond's request, we removed to London, to witness, and even take a part in the election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He removed his hunting knife from its sheath and handed it to her hilt first, again motioning her into the bower. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The tube is then removed from the boiling water, and after cooling for a few minutes, it is placed in a vessel containing finely chopped ice (Fig. 10). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I am to leave Mansfield Park, and go to the White House, I suppose, as soon as she is removed there. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: 1. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The satellite removed his arm and opened the wicket, and Mr Julius Handford went out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If a lump of melting ice is placed in the vessel of hot water and then removed, the ice will not be warmer than before, but there will be less of it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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