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estrarre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  • 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.
  • mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  • tap noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.

Senses

estrarre is used for these senses in English:

  • abstract (transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  • 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 (transitive) To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove.
  • draw (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
  • excerpt (transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
  • mine To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  • sort out (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
  • tap To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).

abstract — full definition

  1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
  3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
  4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

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.

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