Certainly! There's a fascinating concept that fits the description of something growing as you remove from it: "knowledge."
This idea is based on the premise that the more you learn, understand, or extract from the vast pool of knowledge available, the more you realize how much more there is to know.
Imagine knowledge as an expansive ocean. As you scoop out buckets of water (symbolizing gaining knowledge), the vastness of the ocean becomes more apparent.
With each bucket of water removed, the volume of the ocean remains, even though you've taken away from it.
Similarly, as you acquire information or understanding, it often leads to the realization of the vastness and depth of knowledge yet to be explored.
In this context, the more you extract or "take away" from the knowledge pool, the more expansive and substantial it appears.
Thus, knowledge grows in perceived size or significance as you delve deeper into it, despite continually acquiring and removing fragments of it for your own understanding.