entziehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• deprivation noun The state of lacking something necessary, such as food, sleep, or basic comfort.
• dispatch verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
• divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• elude verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
• extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
• flinch verb To make a sudden, involuntary movement away from something painful, frightening, or unpleasant.
• withdraw verb To take money out of a bank account.

Senses

entziehen is used for these senses in English:

• abstract (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
• deprivation (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
• dispatch (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
• divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• elude (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
• elude (transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
• extract (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
• flinch (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.

abstract — full definition

1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

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