extract
noun
1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Similar word(s): infusion
Definition categories: substance, solution
2. a passage selected from a larger work
Similar word(s): excerpt, excerption, selection
Definition categories: communication, passage
verb
1. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- extract a bad tooth
- extract information from the telegram
Similar word(s): pull
Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw
2. get despite difficulties or obstacles
- I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions
Definition categories: possession, obtain
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Similar word(s): educe, elicit, evoke
Definition categories: creation, construe, interpret, see
4. extract by the process of distillation
Similar word(s): distil, distill
Definition categories: change, create, make
5. separate (a metal) from an ore
Definition categories: contact, separate
6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
Similar word(s): express
Definition categories: contact, acquire, get
7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Similar word(s): excerpt
Definition categories: cognition, choose, select, take
8. calculate the root of a number
Definition categories: cognition, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon
Sentences with extract as a verb:
- to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger
- to extract an essential oil from a plant
- Please extract the cube root of 27.