To Extract

1. (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
2. (transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
3. (transitive) To take by selection; To Choose Out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
4. (transitive) To select parts of a whole
5. (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).

Synonyms

• (to draw out): outdraw
• (to take by selection): sunder out