sottrarre — meaning in English

English meaning

• abduct verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
• finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
• subtract verb To take one number or amount away from another.

Senses

sottrarre is used for these senses in English:

• abduct (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]
• abstract (transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
• abstract (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
• deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
• finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
• subtract (transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

abduct — full definition

1. verb To take a person away by force, usually secretly and against their will; to kidnap.
2. verb In anatomy, to move a limb or body part away from the midline of the body.

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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