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
able to take a joke
to be able to let others laugh and joke about you
Our boss is not able to take a joke. We must be careful what we say to him.