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How to sign: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
"pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram";
Similiar / Same: pull out, pull up, draw out, take out, pull
Categories: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Within this category: demodulate, thread, wring out
How to sign: a passage selected from a larger work
"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings";
Similiar / Same: excerpt, selection
Categories: passage
Within this category: analects, clipping, cut, Haftorah, quotation
How to sign: a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent, pressing, distilling, or macerating
"Ina Garten recommends using real vanilla extract", "a little peppermint extract makes your cocoa taste like Christmas";
