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Meaning of extract
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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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