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Meaning of extract
1 definition found From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: extract n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) [syn: {infusion}, {extract}] 2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: {excerpt}, {excerption}, {extract}, {selection}] v 1: 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" [syn: {extract}, {pull out}, {pull}, {pull up}, {take out}, {draw out}] 2: get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" 3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}] 4: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: {distill}, {extract}, {distil}] 5: separate (a metal) from an ore 6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: {press out}, {express}, {extract}] 7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: {excerpt}, {extract}, {take out}] 8: calculate the root of a number
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