entnehmen — meaning in English

English meaning

• draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
• extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.

Senses

entnehmen is used for these senses in English:

• draw (cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]
• extract (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

draw — full definition

1. verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
2. verb To pull something toward oneself or in a particular direction.
3. verb To attract attention, interest, or a crowd.
4. verb To take money out of an account, or to receive a wage or benefit.
5. verb To end a game or contest with neither side winning.

extract — full definition

1. verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
2. noun A short passage taken from a longer piece of writing, speech, or recording.
3. noun A concentrated substance obtained by drawing out the essential part of something.

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