[{"word":"extracting","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger"},{"definition":"To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to extract an essential oil from a plant"},{"definition":"To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To select parts of a whole","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat."},{"definition":"To determine (a root of a number).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Please extract the cube root of 27."}],"synonyms":["outdraw","sunder out"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extract","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extracting"]}]