extract
1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
infusion
• Hypernyms:
solution
• Hyponyms:
beef tea, Bovril, black catechu, catechu, pancreatin
2. a passage selected from a larger work
- he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
• Syn:
excerpt, excerption, selection
• Derivationally related forms:
excerpt (for: excerpt)
• Hypernyms:
passage
• Hyponyms:
chrestomathy, analects, analecta, clipping, newspaper clipping,
press clipping, cutting, press cutting, cut, track, quotation,
quote, citation
• Instance Hyponyms:
Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah
1. remove, usually with some force or effort;
also used in an abstract sense (Freq. 8)
- pull weeds
- extract a bad tooth
- take out a splinter
- extract information from the telegram
• Syn:
pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
• Derivationally related forms:
extractible, extraction, extractor
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
wring out, squeeze out, demodulate, thread
• Verb Group:
draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. get despite difficulties or obstacles (Freq. 1)
- I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions
• Hypernyms:
obtain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (Freq. 1)
- We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
• Syn:
educe, evoke, elicit, draw out
• Hypernyms:
interpret, construe, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. extract by the process of distillation (Freq. 1)
- distill the essence of this compound
• Syn:
distill, distil
• Derivationally related forms:
extractible, extraction, distillate (for: distill), distillation (for: distill), distillery (for: distill)
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
moonshine
• Verb Group:
distill, distil
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. separate (a metal) from an ore
• Derivationally related forms:
extractible, extraction
• Topics:
mining, excavation
• Hypernyms:
separate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
• Syn:
excerpt, take out
• Derivationally related forms:
excerpt (for: excerpt)
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
7. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- Italians express coffee rather than filter it
• Syn:
press out, express
• Derivationally related forms:
extractible, expression (for: express)
• Hypernyms:
get, acquire
• Hyponyms:
ream
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. calculate the root of a number
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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