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extract

(/I/k'str/&/kt )

remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense(verb.contact)

Example:
Extract a bad tooth.
Extract information from the telegram.

Synonym:
draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, take out

source: wordnet30
get despite difficulties or obstacles(verb.possession)

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

source: wordnet30
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)(verb.creation)

Synonym:
draw out, educe, elicit, evoke

source: wordnet30
extract by the process of distillation(verb.change)

Synonym:
distil, distill

source: wordnet30
separate (a metal) from an ore(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action(verb.contact)

Synonym:
express, press out

source: wordnet30
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
excerpt, take out

source: wordnet30
calculate the root of a number(verb.cognition)

source: wordnet30
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.(verb)

source: webster1913

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