extract in WordNet English dictionary

1. extract by the process of distillation
   "distill the essence of this compound"
   distill  extract  distil 
   
2. 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"
   extract  pull out  pull  pull up  take out  draw out 
   
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
   educe  evoke  elicit  extract  draw out 
   
4. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
   excerpt  extract  take out 
   
5. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
   "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
   press out  express  extract 
   
6. calculate the root of a number
   extract 
   
7. separate (a metal) from an ore
   extract 
   
8. get despite difficulties or obstacles
   "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
   extract 
   

1. a passage selected from a larger work
   "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
   excerpt  excerption  extract  selection 
   
2. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
   infusion  extract