n.
1.a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
2.the act of withdrawing or removing something
3.the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
4.an abstract painting
5.preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
6.a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
Idiom of the Day
eat (something) up or eat up (something)
to enjoy something, to absorb something
The children ate up the stories that the teacher was telling.