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abduct
Overview of verb abduct
The verb abduct has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch -- (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped")
2. abduct -- (pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts")
Grep of noun abduct
abduction
abductor
abductor muscle
Antonyms of verb abduct
1 of 2 senses of abduct
Sense 2
abduct
Antonym of adduct (Sense 1)
=>adduct
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abduct
2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> seize
=> take, get hold of
Sense 2
abduct
=> pull, draw, force
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb abduct
1 of 2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> shanghai, impress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abduct
2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> seize
Sense 2
abduct
=> pull, draw, force
'Cause To' of verb abduct
Derived Forms of verb abduct
2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
RELATED TO>(noun) abduction#1
=> abduction
RELATED TO>(noun) abductor#1
=> kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher
Sense 2
abduct
RELATED TO>(noun) abduction#2
=> abduction
RELATED TO>(noun) abductor#2
=> abductor, abductor muscle
Domain of verb abduct
1 of 2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
TOPIC>(noun) crime#1, law-breaking#1
Domain Terms of verb abduct
Familiarity of verb abduct
abduct used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb abduct
2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
abduct
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb abduct
2 senses of abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
> seize
=> raven
=> wrest
=> kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
Sense 2
abduct
> pull, draw, force
=> twitch
=> pull back
=> adduct
=> abduct
=> stretch
=> pluck, plunk, pick
=> tug
=> drag
=> haul, hale, cart, drag
=> attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
=> yank, jerk
=> winch
=> pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb abduct
Sense 1
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> seize
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Sense 2
abduct
=> pull, draw, force
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Grep of verb abduct
abduct
Grep of adj abduct
abducted
abducting
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