- to take away; subtract.
- to withdraw; remove.
- (of a crustal plate) to collide with (a denser plate), drawing it down and overriding it, along the juncture of the two plates.
- (of a crustal plate) to slide beneath a less dense plate as a consequence of the two plates’ colliding.
- to draw or turn (the eye, etc) downwards
- to take away; deduct
