n.
1.a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
2.a passage selected from a larger work extract v.
1.draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort
2.get despite difficulties or obstacles
3.deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
4.extract by the process of distillation
5.separate (a metal) from an ore
6.obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
7.take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
8.calculate the root of a number
Idiom of the Day
pie in the sky
a goal or plan that is too optimistic, a future reward after death
The boy's plans for his summer were pie in the sky. He would never complete them.