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