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退ける — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • remove verb To take something away from its place.
  • ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.

Senses

退ける is used for these senses in English:

  • drive away (idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave
  • remove (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

remove — full definition

  1. verb To take something away from its place.
  2. verb To delete or eliminate something.
  3. verb To dismiss someone from a job or position.
  4. noun A degree of distance or separation, especially in the phrase "at one remove."

ward — full definition

  1. noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.
  2. noun An administrative division of a city, town, or borough.
  3. noun A person, especially a child, under the legal protection of a guardian.
  4. verb To repel or turn aside something threatening (usually with "off").

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