extract

(ĭk-străktˈ)

1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.
2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.
3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
5. a. To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.
   b. To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).
   c. To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.
6. Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).

Related Forms:

• ex·tractˈa·ble, ex·tractˈi·ble adjective

• ex·tracˈtor noun