to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force

to extract a tooth.

to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.)

He extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said.

to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source

He extracted satisfaction from the success of his sons.

to take or copy out (matter), as from a book.

to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.).

to extort (information, money, etc.)

to extract a secret from someone.

to separate or obtain (a juice, ingredient, etc.) from a mixture by pressure, distillation, treatment with solvents, or the like.

Mathematics .

to determine (the root of a quantity that has a single root).

to determine (a root of a quantity that has multiple roots).

something extracted.

a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; excerpt; quotation.

a solution or preparation containing the active principles of a drug, plant juice, or the like; concentrated solution

vanilla extract.

a solid, viscid, or liquid substance extracted from a plant, drug, or the like, containing its essence in concentrated form

beef extract.

noun

insertion

verb

add , insert , put in , edit in

noun

abstract , citation , clipping , concentrate , cutting , decoction , distillate , distillation , elicitation , essence , excerpt , infusion , juice * , passage , quotation , selection , decoctum , extraction , genealogy , gobbet , quintessence , recycling

verb

avulse , bring out , catheterize , cull , derive , distill , eke out , elicit , eradicate , evoke , evulse , exact , express , extirpate , extort , extricate , garner , gather , get , glean , obtain , pick up , pluck , press out , pry , pull , reap , secure , select , separate , siphon , squeeze , take , tear , uproot , weed out , withdraw , wrest , wring , yank , abridge , abstract , bring forth , choose , cite , condense , copy , cut out , deduce , educe , evolve , excerpt , quote , shorten , concentrate , decoct , decoction , draw , elute , essence , exhaust , gut , pry out , quotation , reflux , remove