extraire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
- excerpt noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
- extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
- mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
Senses
extraire is used for these senses in English:
- draw (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action. [from 12th c.]
- draw out To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
- excerpt (transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
- extract (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- mine To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
draw — full definition
- verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
- verb To pull something toward oneself or in a particular direction.
- verb To attract attention, interest, or a crowd.
- verb To take money out of an account, or to receive a wage or benefit.
- verb To end a game or contest with neither side winning.
excerpt — full definition
- noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
- verb To take a passage out of a longer work in order to quote or publish it separately.