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Meaning of extract

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extract
      n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance
           (usually in water) [syn: {infusion}, {extract}]
      2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts
         from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: {excerpt},
         {excerption}, {extract}, {selection}]
      v 1: remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an
           abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take
           out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
           [syn: {extract}, {pull out}, {pull}, {pull up}, {take out},
           {draw out}]
      2: get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise
         from the Dean for two new positions"
      3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
         some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
         [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}]
      4: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence
         of this compound" [syn: {distill}, {extract}, {distil}]
      5: separate (a metal) from an ore
      6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians
         express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: {press out},
         {express}, {extract}]
      7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn:
         {excerpt}, {extract}, {take out}]
      8: calculate the root of a number

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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