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1. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation
   "an abstracted stare";
   - absent, absentminded, scatty [Brit, informal]

1. Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
    
2. Consider apart from a particular case or instance
   "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
    
3. Give an abstract (of)
    
4. Take by theft
   - hook [informal], snitch [informal], thieve, cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], pilfer, cabbage [informal], purloin, pinch [Brit, informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], sneak [informal], filch [informal], nobble [Brit, informal], lift, whip [Brit, informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], blag [Brit, informal]

See also: inattentive, unattentive [rare]

Type of: consider, look at, reckon, regard, resume, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], run over, see, steal, sum up, summarise [Brit], summarize, take, view

Encyclopedia: Abstracted