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Meaning of extract

1. (n) a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings"

2. (n) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

3. (v) extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"

4. (v) calculate the root of a number

5. (v) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

6. (v) 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"

7. (v) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

8. (v) separate (a metal) from an ore

9. (v) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

10. (v) get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

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