| NOUN | substance | extract, infusion | a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) |
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| communication | extract, excerpt, excerption, selection | a passage selected from a larger / larger work | |
| VERB | contact | extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out | remove, usually with some force or effort |
| possession | extract | get despite difficulties or obstacles | |
| creation | extract, educe, evoke, elicit, draw out | deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning / meaning) | |
| change | extract, distill, distil | extract by the process of distillation | |
| contact | extract | separate (a metal) from an ore | |
| contact | extract, press out, express | obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | |
| cognition | extract, excerpt, take out | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy | |
| cognition | extract | calculate the root / root of a number |
| Sounds | eh'kstrae.kt; ihkstrae'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abstract ... whacked: 41 rhymes with aekt... | |
| Meaning | A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water). | |
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| Synonym | infusion | |
| Narrower | beef tea, Bovril | An extract of beef (given to people who are ill) |
| black catechu, catechu | extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails | |
| pancreatin | extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes | |
| Broader | solution | A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances |
| Verbs | extract | obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action |
| Meaning | A passage selected from a larger / larger work. | |
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| Synonyms | excerpt, excerption, selection | |
| Instances | Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah | A short / short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah |
| Narrower | analects, analecta | A collection of excerpts from a literary work |
| chrestomathy | A selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | |
| clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting | An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | |
| cut, track | A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc | |
| quotation, quote, citation | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited / cited | |
| Broader | passage | A section of text |
| Catalan | fragment, passatge | |
| Spanish | fragmento, pasaje | |
| Verbs | extract | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy |
| Meaning | Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
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| Synonyms | pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out | |
| Narrower | demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| thread | Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | |
| wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
| Catalan | extreure, treure | |
| Spanish | extraer, sacar | |
| Adjectives | extractible | capable of being extracted |
| Nouns | extraction | the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) |
| extractor | an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | |
| Meaning | Get despite difficulties or obstacles. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" | |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Meaning | deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning / meaning). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | educe, evoke, elicit, draw out | |
| Broader | interpret, construe, see | make sense of |
| Catalan | extreure, treure | |
| Spanish | lograr, sacar | |
| Meaning | extract by the process of distillation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | distill, distil | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | moonshine | distill (alcohol) illegally |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Similar to | distill, distil | Undergo the process of distillation |
| Adjectives | extractible | capable of being extracted |
| Nouns | extraction | the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| Meaning | separate (a metal) from an ore. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | mining, excavation | The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
| Broader | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| Adjectives | extractible | capable of being extracted |
| Nouns | extraction | the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| Meaning | Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | press out, express | |
| Narrower | ream | squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Adjectives | extractible | capable of being extracted |
| Nouns | extract | a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) |
| Meaning | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | excerpt, take out | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | extraer | |
| Nouns | extract | a passage selected from a larger / larger work |
| Meaning | calculate the root / root of a number. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |