To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
To select parts of a whole
To determine (a root of a number).
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
Ancestry; descent.
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
To arrange for or to make (a bet).
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
To earn a given spot in a competition.
To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar).
To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
To place-kick (a goal).
An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
A state of mind.
The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
An area of the body, especially the skin.
An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
The position of a contestant in a competition.
A location or position in space.
Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
A role or purpose; a station.
A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
The position as a member of a sports team.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Any area of the earth: a region.