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List of meaning for extract

to pull an object from something in order to remove it, usually with force

infusion, extract(noun)

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

excerpt, excerption, extract, selection(verb)

a passage selected from a larger work

"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out(verb)

remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

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

extract(verb)

get despite difficulties or obstacles

"I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out(verb)

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

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

distill, extract, distil(verb)

extract by the process of distillation

"distill the essence of this compound"

extract(verb)

separate (a metal) from an ore

press out, express, extract(verb)

obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

"Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

excerpt, extract, take out(verb)

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

extract(verb)

calculate the root of a number

a part taken from a longer work

the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem

to draw out by force or with effort

extracted a splinter from my hand

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