1. (noun)infusion, extract a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) Synonyms: selection, extract, excerpt, infusion, excerption
2. (verb)excerpt, excerption, extract, selection a passage selected from a larger work Synonyms: survival, selection, pick, excerpt, choice, extract, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection, infusion
3. (verb)extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense Synonyms: except, ask out, remove, leave out, express, evoke, pull in, draw up, attract, distill, overstretch, invite out, perpetrate, commit, prolong, take away, aspirate, move out, elicit, deplumate, force, rive, leave off, extend, suck out, distil, straighten up, pull, get out, take out, press out, educe, backdown, root for, buy food, bow out, exclude, protract, draw out, back off, pluck, chicken out, deplume, pull up, withdraw, pull out, draw, draw off, excerpt, unpack, tear, rend, extract, draw in, rip, displume, haul up, omit
4. (verb)extract get despite difficulties or obstacles Synonyms: distil, distill, express, excerpt, pull up, educe, draw out, pull, evoke, take out, press out, pull out, elicit
5. (verb)educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) Synonyms: kindle, express, evoke, arouse, put forward, distill, provoke, enkindle, suggest, paint a picture, stir, suck out, elicit, aspirate, conjure, extend, fire, distil, draw out, pull, take out, press out, conjure up, educe, kick up, protract, raise, call down, pull up, call forth, invoke, derive, pull out, bring up, excerpt, prolong, extract
6. (verb)distill, extract, distil extract by the process of distillation Synonyms: extract, condense, make pure, draw out, distill, express, evoke, pull, distil, educe, elicit, excerpt, pull out, sublimate, take out, pull up, press out, purify
7. (verb)extract separate (a metal) from an ore Synonyms: distil, distill, express, excerpt, pull up, educe, draw out, pull, evoke, take out, press out, pull out, elicit
9. (verb)excerpt, extract, take out take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy Synonyms: extract, express, press out, take away, withdraw, draw out, draw off, remove, move out, get out, draw, omit, distill, unpack, invite out, exclude, evoke, leave out, pull, distil, educe, leave off, ask out, elicit, excerpt, pull out, except, take out, pull up, buy food
10. (verb)extract calculate the root of a number Synonyms: distil, distill, express, excerpt, pull up, educe, draw out, pull, evoke, take out, press out, pull out, elicit
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'extract'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. extract To quote is to give an author's words, either exactly, as in direct quotation, or in substance, as in indirect quotation; to cite is, etymologically, to call up a passage, as a witness is summone Synonyms: quote, cite, extract, plagiarize, repeat, excerpt, paraphrase, recite
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