extracting

Verb

extract (third-person singular simple present extracts, present participle extracting, simple past extracted, past participle extracted or (archaic) extraught)

1. (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
   • to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger

   Synonyms:

   outdraw

2. (transitive) To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
   • to extract an essential oil from a plant
3. (transitive) To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of
   • extract a passage from a text.
4. (transitive) To select parts of a whole
   • We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.

   Synonyms:

   sunder out

5. (transitive) To determine (a root of a number).
   • Please extract the cube root of 27.

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