(a) To empty (a place), clear (of people); to empty (sb.); fig. to rid (the heart of sadness); ~ of; (b) med. to cleanse (the body of rotten humors, etc.); ~ fro, ~ of; to evacuate (the bowels).

(a) To take (sth.) out, remove (from a container, a city, one's hand); ~ out, ~ out of; (b) fig. to remove or drive out (anger, deceit, sadness, etc.) from the mind; to take away (disease) from the body; ~ awai, ~ fro, ~ out of; (c) med. to expel (sth.) from the body; to void (excrement), discharge (semen), let (blood), purge (humors), withdraw (pus, venom), etc.; ~ awai, ~ out, ~ out of.

(a) To send (sb.) away; eject or banish (sb.); chase or drive (sth.) away, spurn (Fortune); ~ fro, ~ from; (b) to repel an attack; parry or ward off (a weapon); (c) to discharge or expel (sb.) from an office or position.

(a) To destroy (sth.); make (sb.) destitute; remove (hair) from the body; erase (a picture); (b) to make (sth.) void, nullify, do away with, blot out; (c) to refute (an argument, an accusation), deny (a statement), counter (an objection).

(a) To depart from or abandon (a place, a position); vacate (a dwelling); go away, withdraw; ~ the feld (ground), flee from battlefield or lists; ~ awai, ~ fro, ~ from, ~ of; -- also refl.; (b) as command: go away, run along, get out; (c) to dismount from (a horse); (d) of temptation: to go away; of a disfigurement: to disappear.

(a) To shun (sb.), refrain from (sin, etc.), avoid (an action, an occasion of scandal, etc.), escape (someone's displeasure); (b) to restrain (sb.).