"abstracting" in the verb sense
1. abstract
consider a concept without thinking of a specific example consider abstractly or theoretically
2. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
make off with belongings of others
3. abstract
consider apart from a particular case or instance
"Let's abstract away from this particular example"
4. abstract
give an abstract (of)
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