extracted
/ɛkˈstɹæktɪd/
verb
- 1
To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
“to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger”
- 2
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
“to extract an essential oil from a plant”
- 3
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- 4
To select parts of a whole
“We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.”
- 5
To determine (a root of a number).
“Please extract the cube root of 27.”
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