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extract
(/I/k'str/&/kt )

noun (n)

  • a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)(noun.substance)
    Synonym:
    infusion
    source: wordnet30
  • a passage selected from a larger work(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    excerpt, excerption, selection
    source: wordnet30
  • That which is extracted or drawn out.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Extract a bad tooth.
    Extract information from the telegram.
    Synonym:
    draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, take out
    source: wordnet30
  • get despite difficulties or obstacles(verb.possession)
    Example:
    I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions.
    source: wordnet30
  • deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    draw out, educe, elicit, evoke
    source: wordnet30
  • extract by the process of distillation(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    distil, distill
    source: wordnet30
  • separate (a metal) from an ore(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    express, press out
    source: wordnet30
  • take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    excerpt, take out
    source: wordnet30
  • calculate the root of a number(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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