extract

/ɪkˈstrækt/ verb [T]

Definition

› NATURAL RESOURCES to remove a substance from the ground or from another substance: In this area brown coal is extracted in open pits.extract sth from sth Ethanol can be extracted from potatoes, switchgrass, garbage, and timber waste.

› to get something, such as information or money, from someone, especially when they do not want to give it: The proposed law would allow unions to extract fees from non-union workers for services that unions provide.extract a promise He managed to extract a promise from the board that his department would not be subject to cuts.

› to get a piece of information from a book, document, computer file, etc.: The website itself does not automatically extract any information from users or about user behaviour.

(Definition of extract verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)