extract
1. [ verb ] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Synonyms: pull_out pull draw_out pull_up take_out
Examples:

"pull weeds" "extract a bad tooth" "take out a splinter" "extract information from the telegram"

Related terms: remove wring_out demodulate thread draw extraction
2. [ noun ] (chemistry) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Synonyms: infusion
Related terms: solution beef_tea pancreatin black_catechu press_out
3. [ verb ] (chemistry) extract by the process of distillation
Synonyms: distill distil
Examples:

"distill the essence of this compound"

Related terms: make moonshine chemistry distill distillation distillate distillery
4. [ verb ] deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Synonyms: elicit evoke draw_out educe
Examples:

"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

Related terms: interpret
5. [ verb ] get despite difficulties or obstacles
Examples:

: "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

Related terms: obtain
6. [ verb ] separate (a metal) from an ore
Related terms: separate mining
7. [ verb ] take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Synonyms: take_out excerpt
Related terms: choose excerpt
8. [ verb ] (mathematics) calculate the root of a number
Related terms: calculate mathematics
9. [ verb ] obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
Synonyms: express press_out
Examples:

"Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

Related terms: get ream infusion
10. [ noun ] (fine art,writing) a passage selected from a larger work
Synonyms: selection excerpt
Examples:

"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

Related terms: passage cut quotation clipping analects haftarah excerpt
Similar spelling:   extractor
  extra
  extraction
  exoteric
  extricate
  extravert
  extradite
  extricated
  extra_time
  extrados
  extropic