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Extract| Noun | 1. | extract - a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)black catechu, catechu - extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water" pancreatin - extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions | | | 2. | extract - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length cut, track - a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" | | | Verb | 1. | extract - draw or pull out, 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"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" demodulate - extract information from a modulated carrier wave thread - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded" pull out, draw, get out, pull, take out - bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" | | | 2. | extract - get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" | | | 3. | extract - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | | | 4. | extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions moonshine - distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" | | | 5. | extract - separate (a metal) from an oreseparate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | | | 6. | extract - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"ream - squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" | | | 7. | extract - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copychoose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | | | 8. | extract - calculate the root of a numbermath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | |
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