make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
DEPART
move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
go away or leave
leave; "The family took off for Florida"
wander from a direct or straight course
remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
be at variance with; be out of line with
ERASE
remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
EXIT
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
lose the lead
the act of going out
move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
an opening that permits escape or release;
euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
FLEE
run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
HITTHEROAD
IMITATE
make a reproduction or copy of
reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"
LEAVE
the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"
permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"
leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
go and leave behind, e
LOP
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
PEEL
get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
strip the skin off; "pare apples"
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
British politician (1788-1850)
REMOVE
go away or leave; "He absented himself"
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;
dispose of;
remove from a position or an office
cause to leave;
kill intentionally and with premeditation;
degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness"
Rid
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract;
SHED
shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"
get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
SOAR
the act of rising upward into the air
go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
fly a plane without an engine
fly upwards or high in the sky
rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
fly by means of a hang glider
SPLIT
separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl; "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame"
a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
a bottle containing half the usual amount
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impressi
STRIP
a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"
remove the surface from; "strip wood"
strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"