extract Meaning and Definition

1. n. a passage selected from a larger work

2. n. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

3. v. extract by the process of distillation

4. v. calculate the root of a number

5. v. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

6. v. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

7. v. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

8. v. separate (a metal) from an ore

9. v. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

10. v. get despite difficulties or obstacles