subduct
verb/sʌbˈdʌkt/
Etymology
From Latin subductus.
- derived from subductus
Definitions
To push under or below.
- The upper tectonic plate had been subducting the lower one for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.
To move downwards underneath something.
- This tectonic plate had been subducting for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.
To remove
To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
- He wished to subduct the caveat that he had entered earlier.
The neighborhood
- neighborsubduction
- neighborsubduction zone
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for subduct. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA