extracted
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/ɛkˈstɹæktɪd/
English
Definitions
verb
- To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.“to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger”
- To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).“to extract an essential oil from a plant”
- To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- To select parts of a whole“We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.”
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Synonyms
outdrawsunder outeducedraw outelicittake outpull outevokeselectionexcerptdistilinfusionpress outexpressdistillabstractabstractedachieved