n
Alternative form of abscission layer [(botany) A layer of cells in a plant that differ from those above and below, and contain abundant starch and dense cytoplasm, which upon disorganization, begin the process of abscission, or the natural separation of the leaf from the rest of the plant.]
n
(biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
n
The waste products or byproducts of an industrial process.
v
(transitive) To strip of branches.
v
(transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
n
Initialism of clean, dry air. [Removal of dirt.]
v
(medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone).
n
The removal of a vehicle from mud in which it has become bogged.
v
To remove muck or dirt from.
v
(transitive) To remove the air from.
n
A machine for stripping the branches from trees.
v
(transitive) To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).
v
(US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.
v
(transitive) To remove debris from (raw wool).
adj
That removes clogs (blockages).
v
(transitive) to remove cream from
v
(transitive) To remove the crust from.
v
(transitive) To remove the dust from.
v
To remove the fleece from.
v
(transitive) To remove gum from.
v
(transitive) To remove the hair from.
v
(transitive) To remove the head (from).
n
(obsolete, uncountable, forestry) The act of stripping off bark.
v
(rare, transitive) To clear or strip of wood.
v
(transitive) To restore (hair, fur, etc.) from a matted state.
v
(transitive) To remove moss from.
v
(transitive) To remove the mucilage from.
v
To remove nibs trapped in a layer of paint or other finish.
v
(transitive) To remove oil from (a material or surface).
n
(chiefly nautical) The act or process of deperming.
v
(transitive) To strip of petals.
v
To remove hair from the body.
n
One who or that which depilates; a remover of hair.
v
(transitive) To remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.
v
(transitive) To remove the shell from.
v
(transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
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(transitive) To remove the smell of a skunk from (a pet dog, etc.).
v
(transitive) To remove sludge or sediment from.
v
To remove the spines from a plant.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To free from spume or scum.
v
(transitive) To remove the stem from (grapes, tobacco, etc.).
v
To remove the suckers from a plant.
v
(aerospace, transitive) To empty (some substance) from a tank.
v
(transitive) to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from
v
(transitive) To remove the wrinkles from; to smooth.
n
(agriculture) Removal of superfluous bud growths from a plant, done to encourage more robust growth of the fruit.
v
(medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
v
Obsolete form of imbue. [(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.]
n
The act by which something is emptied.
n
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
v
(obsolete, nonce word) To polish thoroughly.
v
(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
n
The act of smearing or covering with wax.
v
To remove lice from; to delouse.
v
(archaic, transitive, figuratively) To suppress or weaken the force of
v
(transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly.
n
The act or process of something being reamed.
v
(transitive) To drain again.
n
The act of draining again.
v
(intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
v
To restore that which has drained away.
v
(transitive) To free from dust; remove dust from
v
(transitive) To remove dye from.
v
(transitive, rare) To remove the foam or foaminess of, defoam.
v
To remove the gloss from; to make less glossy.
v
(transitive) To remove the husk of.
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The act or process of stripping the surface of dirt or soil from the top of a quarry, claybed, etc.
v
(transitive) To remove water from.
v
To remove weeds from; to weed.
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