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English noun: extract | |||
| 1. | extract (substance) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | ||
| Synonyms | infusion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | solution | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beef tea, black catechu, Bovril, catechu, pancreatin | ||
| 2. | extract (communication) a passage selected from a larger work | ||
| Samples | He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings. | ||
| Synonyms | excerpt, excerption, selection | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | passage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | analecta, analects, chrestomathy, citation, clipping, cut, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, quotation, quote, track | ||
| Instance hyponym | Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtarah, Haphtorah | ||
English verb: extract | |||
| 1. | extract (contact) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | ||
| Samples | Pull weeds. Extract a bad tooth. Take out a splinter. Extract information from the telegram. | ||
| Synonyms | draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, take out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | demodulate, squeeze out, thread, wring out | ||
| Verb group | draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out | ||
| 2. | extract (possession) get despite difficulties or obstacles | ||
| Samples | I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obtain | ||
| 3. | extract (creation) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | ||
| Samples | We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant. | ||
| Synonyms | draw out, educe, elicit, evoke | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construe, interpret, see | ||
| 4. | extract (change) extract by the process of distillation | ||
| Samples | Distill the essence of this compound. | ||
| Synonyms | distil, distill | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | moonshine | ||
| Verb group | distil, distill | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
| 5. | extract (contact) separate (a metal) from an ore | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separate | ||
| Domain category | excavation, mining | ||
| 6. | extract (contact) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | ||
| Samples | Italians express coffee rather than filter it. | ||
| Synonyms | express, press out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ream | ||
| 7. | extract (cognition) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | ||
| Synonyms | excerpt, take out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choose, pick out, select, take | ||
| 8. | extract (cognition) calculate the root of a number | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | ||
| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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