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extract, v.
(extracted, extracting, extracts)
freq. cnt. 11
more info remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

draw out extract pull pull out pull up rip out take out tear out

sample sentences

"pull weeds"
"extract a bad tooth"
"take out a splinter"
"extract information from the telegram"

verb frames

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verb frames

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verb frames

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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more info extract by the process of distillation
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

distil distill extract

sample sentences

"distill the essence of this compound"

verb frames

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
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more info deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

draw out educe elicit evoke extract

sample sentences

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

verb frames

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semantic pointers
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more info get despite difficulties or obstacles
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

extract

sample sentences

"I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

verb frames

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semantic pointers
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more info calculate the root of a number
<verb.cognition>

extract

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semantic pointers
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more info take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
<verb.cognition>

excerpt extract take out

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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more info obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
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express extract press out

sample sentences

"Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
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more info separate (a metal) from an ore
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extract

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Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym