| has gloss | (verb) dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
get rid of, remove |
| lexicalization | eng: get rid of |
| lexicalization | eng: remove |
| has subclass | (verb) throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
cast away, cast aside, dispose, discard, throw out, toss out, chuck out, throw away, toss, put away, cast out, toss away, fling |
| has subclass | (verb) discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"
slough off |
| has subclass | (verb) remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
weed out, comb out |
| has subclass | (verb) cause to go away through effort or work; "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt"
work off |
| has subclass | (verb) remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"
cull |
| has subclass | (verb) sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
ditch, dump |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the muzzle from (a dog)
unmuzzle |
| has subclass | (verb) remove air or gas from
de-aerate, deaerate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove caffeine from (coffee)
decaffeinate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove carbon dioxide from
decarbonate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the cerebrum from (a human body)
decerebrate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove chlorine from (water)
dechlorinate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the fat from
defat |
| has subclass | (verb) remove fibrin from (blood)
defibrinate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove grease or oil from (a pan)
degrease |
| has subclass | (verb) remove ions from
deionize |
| has subclass | (verb) remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange
delist |
| has subclass | (verb) remove from the proper or usual locality
delocalize |
| has subclass | (verb) remove oxygen from (water)
deoxygenate |
| has subclass | (verb) remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
destain |
| has subclass | (verb) remove sulfur from
desulfurize, desulphurize |
| has subclass | (verb) free (a pet) of ticks
detick |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
devein |
| has subclass | (verb) remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
fettle |
| has subclass | (verb) remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
flesh |
| has subclass | (verb) strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)
flense |
| has subclass | (verb) remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
kern |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the pith from (a plant)
pith |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the scum from
scum |
| has subclass | (verb) remove the bridle from (a horse or mule)
unbridle |