extract
n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance
(usually in water) [syn: {infusion}]
2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented exerpts
from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: {excerpt},
{selection}]
v 1: 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" [syn: {pull out}, {take out}, {draw out}]
2: get despite difficulties or obstacles: "I extracted a
promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) [syn: {educe},
{evoke}, {elicit}, {draw out}]
4: extract by distillation, make by distillation [syn: {distill},
{distil}]
5: separate (a metal) from an ore
6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action, as of
coffee [syn: {press out}, {express}]
7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: {excerpt},
{take out}]
8: calculate the root of a number