abducting

3 definitions found

abducting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary
        position.
        [1913 Webster]

  abducting \abducting\ adj.
     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]

abducting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abducting
      adj 1: especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of
             the body or from an adjacent part [syn: abducent,
             abducting] [ant: adducent, adducting, adductive]