a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented exerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
calculate the root of a number
separate (a metal) from an ore
get despite difficulties or obstacles: "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; also used in an abstract sense: "extract information from the telegram"
a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action, as of coffee
a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings"
extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
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"
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
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 ne positions"
a passage selected from a larger work
extract by the process of distillation
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
