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Meaning of word extract from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water).

Synonyms : infusion

Meaning : A passage selected from a larger work.

Example : He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings.

Synonyms : excerpt, excerption, selection

Meaning : Remove, usually with some force or effort. Also used in an abstract sense.

Example : Pull weeds.
Extract a bad tooth.
Take out a splinter.
Extract information from the telegram.

Synonyms : draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out

Meaning : Get despite difficulties or obstacles.

Example : I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions.

Meaning : Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).

Example : We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant.

Synonyms : draw out, educe, elicit, evoke

Meaning : Extract by the process of distillation.

Example : Distill the essence of this compound.

Synonyms : distil, distill

Translation in other languages :

Meaning : Separate (a metal) from an ore.

Meaning : Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.

Example : Italians express coffee rather than filter it.

Synonyms : express, press out

Meaning : Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.

Synonyms : excerpt, take out

Meaning : Calculate the root of a number.

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