extract

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
noun a passage selected from a larger work
verb remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“out of”) + trahō (“to drag”).

But how to extract it? — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
(Extracting long lavender silk stocking from the rubbish.) — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
Do not extract derision from my harmless words. — The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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