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extracted

/ɛkˈstɹæktɪd/

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verb

To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

Examples :

"to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger"

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verb

To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

Examples :

"to extract an essential oil from a plant"

chemistry process science industry technology

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verb

To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Examples :

"The teacher extracted several key sentences from the article to help the students understand the main idea. "

"The teacher extracted a short paragraph from the novel for us to analyze. "

language literature writing

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verb

To select parts of a whole

Examples :

"We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat."

process part industry technical

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verb

To determine (a root of a number).

Examples :

"Please extract the cube root of 27."