Super Glossary

Extract Noun Synonyms
excerpt, abstract, quotation, citation, clipping, cutting, passage, selection
Extracts from other works are printed in smaller type.

Extract Verb Synonyms
copy, quote, cite, abstract, select, choose, glean, cull
We extracted useful material from some old encyclopedias.

draw, derive, deduce, develop, glean, extricate, distil, get, obtain
I could extract little sense from her ramblings.

wrench, wring, wrest, extort, draw (forth), evoke, elicit, extricate, winkle out, worm (out), prise (out), force (out)
Using torture, they finally extracted a confession from him. She extracted money from her victims by threatening to tell their wives.

concentrate, distillate, essence, distillation, quintessence, concentration, extraction, decoction
We boiled off the water and used the extract as a salve.

draw or pull (out), remove, withdraw, pluck or take out, draw forth, extricate
The dentist extracted two teeth. I extracted some important papers from your waste-paper basket.

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