Extract - Definition

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