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, back down, 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
8. (verb) press out, express, extract
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
Synonyms: extract, express, press out, evince, give tongue to, draw out, distil, convey, state, stub out, educe, pull out, crush out, evoke, extinguish, pull, elicit, verbalize, utter, distill, carry, excerpt, verbalise, press, take out, pull up, show
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
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Synonyms and Antonyms of extract 
