abducting

1. 1.

   especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part

   Synonymsabducent

   physiology

Questions about abducting

What does abducting mean?

abducting means "especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part".

How many syllables are in abducting?

abducting has 3 syllables: ab-duc-ting. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /æbˈdʌktɪŋ/.

What is another word for abducting?

Close synonyms include abducent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abducting a common word?

abducting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abducting?

1 word rhymes with abducting. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.