Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prefix of Latin origin; a form of
ab- , used (as in Latin) before c, q, t, as in abscond, abstain, absterge, abstract, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Anat.) The abductor muscles of the stomach; -- a contraction used by body-building and health enthusiasts. Used similarly to
pecs anddelts .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation
absolute temperature - abbreviation mathematics Abbreviated form of the
absolute value function. - abbreviation
Abstract .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
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Examples
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My favorite for this region of the abs is the reverse crunch with your legs up on a Swiss ball or just straight up into the air.
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LeAnn replied, "@AJPaterson1987 those are called abs not bones love."
LeAnn Rimes In A Bikini On Twitter, Defending Her Weight (PHOTOS) 2011
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Considering he just got on the Hollywood radar because of the Twilight Saga (imagine, he was almost recast before New Moon) and just days ago blew out the candles on his 18th birthday cake, Lautner with his 8-pack abs is the newest and youngest action star in a dizzying volume of movie deals made over recent weeks.
Twilight Lexicon » Taylor Lautner in Abduction: The Ink Isn’t Quite Dry Yet 2010
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But this precocious, 22-pound boy with coffee-colored skin, curly hair and washboard abs is far from a typical toddler.
Archive 2007-05-01 Steve Carper 2007
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But this precocious, 22-pound boy with coffee-colored skin, curly hair and washboard abs is far from a typical toddler.
Lactose-Intolerant Superbaby Steve Carper 2007
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Jillian uses an interval training system of 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs, which is repeated throughout the workout and keeps things moving.
Channeling My Inner Jane Fonda Holly 2009
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Jillian uses an interval training system of 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of abs, which is repeated throughout the workout and keeps things moving.
Archive 2009-04-01 Holly 2009
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Skarsgård should know; there were few eyelashes batted at his ultra-violent remake of "Straw Dogs," but his abs are a constant source of conversation.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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"The abs are the most important muscle in the body, by a landslide," says Filetti.
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The bad news is that the abs are the hardest area of the body to get into shape but don't give up it can be done with some serious determination.
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The chosen replacement was acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), whose superior dimensional stability to CA is a big reason why early ABS bricks will still mesh securely with those molded today.
Plastic Archeology. George Cave 2023
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