ABSTRACTING Synonyms

• make off with belongings of others

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• lessen, diminish, or curtail

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• the act of withdrawing or removing something

• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

• an abstract painting

• preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

• a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

• a painter of abstract pictures

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• any of various types of cabbage

• informal terms for money

• any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

• make off with belongings of others

• embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of

• a catch for locking a door

• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

• anything that serves as an enticement

• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

• fasten with a hook

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

• take by theft

• make off with belongings of others

• hit with a hook

• catch with a hook

• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

• secure with the foot

• entice and trap

• approach with an offer of sexual favors

• the act of giving temporary assistance

• the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

• the event of something being raised upward

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

• a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

• one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

• lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

• plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

• a ride in a car

• the act of raising something

• raise from a lower to a higher position

• take hold of something and move it to a different location

• move upwards

• move upward

• make audible

• cancel officially

• make off with belongings of others

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

• invigorate or heighten

• raise in rank or condition

• take off or away by decreasing

• rise up

• pay off (a mortgage)

• take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

• take illegally

• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

• take (root crops) out of the ground

• call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

• rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

• put an end to

• remove (hair) by scalping

• remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

• remove from a surface

• perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

• deprive of by deceit

• make off with belongings of others

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• disable by drugging

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• the line that appears to bound an object

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

• draw up an outline or sketch for something

• trace the shape of

• make off with belongings of others

• a painful or straitened circumstance

• an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

• a small sharp bite or snip

• a squeeze with the fingers

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• make ridges into by pinching together

• make off with belongings of others

• cut the top off

• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• make a summary (of)

• degree of figurative distance or separation

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• remove from a position or an office

• dispose of

• cause to leave

• shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

• stay away or leave

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• get rid of something abstract

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• make off with belongings of others

• a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible

• someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

• to go stealthily or furtively

• put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner

• make off with belongings of others

• pass on stealthily