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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
ihk
straekt
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| inflections: |
extracts, extracting, extracted |
| definition 1: |
to remove or take out by use of force.
The dentist extracted his tooth.- synonyms:
- wrench, wrest, yank
- antonyms:
- bury, insert
- similar words:
- extricate, jerk, mine, pluck, pull, remove
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| definition 2: |
to obtain with effort.
The police extracted a confession from him.- synonyms:
- exact, pry, wrest, wring
- similar words:
- educe, elicit, force, pull, wrench
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| definition 3: |
to separate or draw out (juice from a fruit, metal from an ore, or the like) by pressure, distillation, or chemical action.
The machine extracts the juice from the lemons.- synonyms:
- distill, separate
- similar words:
- abstract, crush, isolate, juice, press, purify, squeeze, wring
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| definition 4: |
to excerpt from some piece of writing.
The teacher extracted an important paragraph from the book and read it to the class.- synonyms:
- cite, excerpt, quote from
- similar words:
- cull, derive, distill, paraphrase, refer to
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| definition 5: |
to derive (satisfaction, comfort, or the like), usu. from some event or circumstance.
She had to admit that she extracted some pleasure from her seeing her sister get in trouble.- synonyms:
- derive, get, take
- similar words:
- borrow, experience
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| definition 6: |
in mathematics, to calculate (the root of a number).
- similar words:
- derive
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| related words: |
blackmail, draw, exact, pick, process, sap, strain, tap, withdraw |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
ek
straekt
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| definition 1: |
a condensation and concentration of a substance.
The coffee bread is flavored with almond extract.- synonyms:
- concentrate, distillate, essence, quintessence
- similar words:
- abstract, condensation
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| definition 2: |
an excerpt from something written.
- synonyms:
- excerpt, passage
- similar words:
- citation, selection
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| definition 3: |
something extracted.
- synonyms:
- core, distillate, element, essence, essential, quintessence, root
- similar words:
- concentrate, derivation
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| related words: |
essence, liquor, part, passage |
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| derivations: |
extractable (adj.), extractible (adj.), extractability (n.), extractibility (n.) |
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