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Extract

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

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Verb group 8

Distill 84% connected

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Distill 84% connected

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pull 84% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pull 84% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 23

Acquire 76% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cipher 76% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compute 76% connected

To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Construe 76% connected

To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to ex…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cypher 76% connected

See Cipher.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interpret 76% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Obtain 76% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Solution 76% connected

The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 12

Analecta 76% connected

A collection of literary fragments.

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Analects 76% connected

Alt. of Analecta

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Catechu 76% connected

A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contai…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chrestomathy 76% connected

A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Citation 76% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clipping 76% connected

of Clip

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Cutting 76% connected

of Cut

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Pancreatin 76% connected

One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quotation 76% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Moonshine 76% connected

The light of the moon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ream 76% connected

Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thread 76% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 10

Distillate 74% connected

The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Distillate 74% connected

The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Distillation 74% connected

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Distillation 74% connected

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Distillery 74% connected

The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Distillery 74% connected

The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extractible 74% connected

Capable of being extracted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extractible 74% connected

Capable of being extracted.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extraction 74% connected

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Extraction 74% connected

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 11

Distil 92% connected

See Distill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Distill 92% connected

To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Educe 92% connected

To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Elicit 92% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Evoke 92% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Excerpt 92% connected

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Excerption 92% connected

The act of excerpting or selecting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Express 92% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Infusion 92% connected

The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pull 92% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Selection 92% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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