 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abducting
adjective: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the
body or from an adjacent part [syn: {abducent}] [ant: {adducent}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abduct \Ab*duct"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See
{Abduce}.]
1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a
human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to
kidnap.
2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary
position.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
abducting \abducting\ adjective
1. (Physiol.) drawing away from the midline of the body or
from an adjacent part; -- used especially of muscles
{adducent}
Syn: abducent
[WordNet 1.5]
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