Main entry: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
Definition: a passage selected from a larger work
Usage: he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Definition: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Main entry: distil, distill, extract
Definition: extract by the process of distillation
Usage: distill the essence of this compound
Main entry: extract
Definition: calculate the root of a number
Main entry: excerpt, extract, take out
Definition: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Main entry: extract, pull, pull out, pull up, draw out, take out
Definition: remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Usage: pull weeds; extract a bad tooth; take out a splinter; extract information from the telegram
Main entry: express, extract, press out
Definition: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
Usage: Italians express coffee rather than filter it
Main entry: extract
Definition: separate (a metal) from an ore
Main entry: educe, draw out, evoke, extract, elicit
Definition: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Usage: We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
Main entry: extract
Definition: get despite difficulties or obstacles
Usage: I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions