extract

extract (http://definr.com/extract)

     n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance
          (usually in water) [syn: infusion]
     2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
        excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
         excerpt, selection]
     v 1: draw or pull out, 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" [syn: pull out, pull, pull up, {take
          out}, draw out]
     2: get despite difficulties or obstacles: "I extracted a
        promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
     3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
        some interesting linguistic data from the native
        informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, draw out]
     4: extract by distillation, make by distillation [syn: distill,
         distil]
     5: separate (a metal) from an ore
     6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians
        express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: press out, express]
     7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: excerpt,
         take out]
     8: calculate the root of a number