verbs
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"
get despite difficulties or obstacles
"I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
is a type of (narrower)
come into possession of
"How did you obtain the visa?"
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
extract by the process of distillation
"distill the essence of this compound"
separate (a metal) from an ore
domain category
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
is a type of (narrower)
divide into components or constituents
"Separate the wheat from the chaff"
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
"Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
calculate the root of a number
domain category
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
is a type of (narrower)
make a mathematical calculation or computation