Definition of 'extract'

Noun

1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
      Synonyms: infusion
2. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
      Synonyms: excerpt excerption selection

Verb

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"
      Synonyms: 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"
      Synonyms: educe evoke elicit draw out
4. extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
      Synonyms: distill distil
5. separate (a metal) from an ore
6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
      Synonyms: press out express
7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
      Synonyms: excerpt take out
8. calculate the root of a number

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