Overview of verb abduct

The verb abduct has 2 senses

• 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")


• abduct -- (pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts")

Overview of adj abducting

The adj abducting has 1 sense

• abducent, abducting -- (especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part)