1. • noun - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
   • noun - a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
   • verb - consider a concept without thinking of a specific example
   • verb - make off with belongings of others
   • verb - consider apart from a particular case or instance
   • verb - give an abstract (of)
   • adj - existing only in the mind
   • adj - not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
   • adj - dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
2. • Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept.
   • Not applied or practical; theoretical: See Synonyms at <A href="AHD3_T.
   • Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems.
   • Thought of or stated without reference to a specific instance: abstract words like truth and justice.
   • Impersonal, as in attitude or views.
   • Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation: abstract painting and sculpture.
   • A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
   • Something abstract.
   • To take away; remove.
   • To remove without permission; filch.
   • To consider (a quality, for example) without reference to a particular example or object.
   • To create artistic abstractions of (something else, such as a concrete object or another style): “The Bauhaus Functionalists were... busy unornamenting and abstracting modern architecture, painting and design” (John Barth).
3. • adj - difficult to understand
   • v - to take away

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