1. (

• infusion ,
• extract

) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) ;

2. (

• excerpt ,
• excerption ,
• extract ,
• selection

) a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" ;

1. (

• extract ,
• pull_out ,
• pull ,
• pull_up ,
• take_out ,
• draw_out ,
• rip_out ,
• tear_out

) remove, 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" ;

2. (

• extract

) get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" ;

3. (

• educe ,
• evoke ,
• elicit ,
• extract ,
• draw_out

) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" ;

4. (

• distill ,
• extract ,
• distil ,

) extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" ;

5. (

• extract ,

) separate (a metal) from an ore ;

6. (

• press_out ,
• express ,
• extract ,

) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" ;

7. (

• excerpt ,
• extract ,
• take_out ,

) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy ;

8. (

• extract ,

) calculate the root of a number ;