to move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.-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.-to dismiss or discharge from office; as, the president removed many postmasters.-to change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.-the act of removing; a removal.-the transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the united states usually called a move.-the state of being removed.-that which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.-the distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an english public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.-the act of resetting a horse's shoe.