Definition of Extract

Noun

• a passage selected from a larger work
  "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
  excerpt excerption selection
• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
  infusion

Verb

• calculate the root of a number
  
• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
  excerpt - take out
• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
  "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
  - press out express
• separate (a metal) from an ore
  
• extract by the process of distillation
  "distill the essence of this compound"
  distill distil
• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
  "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
  educe evoke elicit - draw out
• get despite difficulties or obstacles
  "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
  
• 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"
  - pull out pull - pull up - take out - draw out

Word games points for the Extract

• Scrabble® score of the extract (16)
• Word Chums® score of the extract (21)
• Words With Friends® score of the extract (17)

Unscramble extract

78 unscramble word found using the letters extract.

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