1. extract - noun
· a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Synonym(s): infusion
Hypernym(s): solution
2. extract - noun
· a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
Synonym(s): excerpt, excerption, selection
Hypernym(s): passage
3. extract - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): pull_out, pull, pull_up, take_out, draw_out, rip_out, tear_out
Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw
4. extract - verb
· get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
Hypernym(s): obtain
5. extract - verb
· deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
Synonym(s): educe, evoke, elicit, draw_out
Hypernym(s): interpret, construe, see
6. extract - verb
· extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
7. extract - verb
· separate (a metal) from an ore
Hypernym(s): separate
8. extract - verb
· obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
Synonym(s): press_out, express
9. extract - verb
· take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Hypernym(s): choose, take, select, pick_out
10. extract - verb
· calculate the root of a number
Hypernym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure
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