Word Finder - extracting

definition

To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

example

to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger

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To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

example

to extract an essential oil from a plant

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To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

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To select parts of a whole

example

We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.

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To determine (a root of a number).

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Please extract the cube root of 27.