EXTRACTS

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Example: "Pull weeds"

• draw out
• pull  6
• pull out
• rip out
• take out
• tear out

• remove  11
• take  8
• withdraw  18

• squeeze out
• wring out
• demodulate  14
• thread  10

Get despite difficulties or obstacles

Example: "I extracted a promise from the dean for two new positions"

Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

Example: "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

• draw out
• educe  8
• elicit  8
• evoke  12

Extract by the process of distillation

Example: "Distill the essence of this compound"

• distil  7
• distill  8

• create  8
• make  10

• moonshine  14

Separate (a metal) from an ore

Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

Example: "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

• express  16
• press out

• acquire  18
• get  4

• ream  6

Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• excerpt  18
• take out

Calculate the root of a number