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Quick definitions from WordNet (extract)
▸ noun: a passage selected from a larger work
▸ noun: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
▸ verb: get despite difficulties or obstacles ("I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions")
▸ verb: calculate the root of a number
▸ verb: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense ("Extract a bad tooth")
▸ verb: separate (a metal) from an ore
▸ verb: extract by the process of distillation
▸ verb: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
▸ verb: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
▸ verb: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
▸ Also see extracts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to extract
▸ Usage examples for extract
▸ Popular adjectives describing extract
▸ Words that often appear near extract
▸ Rhymes of extract
▸ Invented words related to extract
▸ noun: a passage selected from a larger work
▸ noun: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
▸ verb: get despite difficulties or obstacles ("I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions")
▸ verb: calculate the root of a number
▸ verb: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense ("Extract a bad tooth")
▸ verb: separate (a metal) from an ore
▸ verb: extract by the process of distillation
▸ verb: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
▸ verb: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
▸ verb: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
▸ Also see extracts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to extract
▸ Usage examples for extract
▸ Popular adjectives describing extract
▸ Words that often appear near extract
▸ Rhymes of extract
▸ Invented words related to extract