extract

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• February 17. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — noun — english

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

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — noun — english

  a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  separate (a metal) from an ore

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

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

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  extract — verb — english

  calculate the root of a number