extract

Noun

• a passage selected from a larger work
  • he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
    

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

Verb

• calculate the root of a number

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
  • Italians express coffee rather than filter it
    

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• extract by the process of distillation
  • distill the essence of this compound
    

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
  • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
    

• get despite difficulties or obstacles
  • I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  excerpt , excerption , selection , infusion , take out , press out , express , distill , distil , educe , evoke , elicit , draw out , pull out , pull , pull up