extracting
verb
Definitions
To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
Example: to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
Example: to extract an essential oil from a plant
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
To select parts of a whole
Example: We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.