extract
     n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance
          (usually in water) [syn: {infusion}]
     2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
        excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
         {excerpt}, {selection}]
     v 1: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also
          used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad
          tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from
          the telegram" [syn: {pull out}, {pull}, {pull up}, {take
          out}, {draw out}]
     2: get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a
        promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
     3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
        some interesting linguistic data from the native
        informant" [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {elicit}, {draw out}]
     4: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence
        of this compound" [syn: {distill}, {distil}]
     5: separate (a metal) from an ore
     6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians
        express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: {press out}, {express}]
     7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: {excerpt},
         {take out}]
     8: calculate the root of a number
Source: WordNet® 2.0