"subduct" meaning in English

See subduct in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sʌbˈdʌkt/ Audio: en-au-subduct.ogg [Australia] Forms: subducts [present, singular, third-person], subducting [participle, present], subducted [participle, past], subducted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkt Etymology: From Latin subductus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{uder|en|la|subductus}} Latin subductus Head templates: {{en-verb}} subduct (third-person singular simple present subducts, present participle subducting, simple past and past participle subducted)
  1. (transitive) To push under or below. Tags: transitive Coordinate_terms: abduct, adduct, circumduct Translations (to push under or below): työntää alle (Finnish), подвлекува (podvlekuva) (Macedonian), isailalim (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-subduct-en-verb--spRiGJL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 5 11 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 57 15 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 13 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 59 15 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 55 14 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 56 14 30 Disambiguation of 'to push under or below': 93 4 3
  2. (intransitive) To move downwards underneath something. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-subduct-en-verb-5BA2UOHh
  3. (law, otherwise uncommon) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
    Sense id: en-subduct-en-verb-yQirmu51 Categories (other): Law Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonsubducting, unsubducted Related terms: subduction, subduction zone Translations (to move underneath sthg): työntyä alle (Finnish), alábukik (Hungarian), alányomul (Hungarian), подвлекува (podvlekuva) (Macedonian)
Disambiguation of 'to move underneath sthg': 47 48 5

Inflected forms

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