| Main Entry: | extraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal from whole; distillation |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, eradication, evocation, evulsion, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal, wrenching, wresting |
Antonyms: |
addition, insertion, introduction |
| Main Entry: | extraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry, origin |
Synonyms: |
birth, blood, derivation, descent, family, lineage, parentage, pedigree, race, stock |
| Concept: | [Forcible egress] Extraction. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
extraction; extracting; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution., evulsion, avulsion; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection; export (egress)., extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.
-verbs
extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate; unroot; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge., remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate (eject); eviscerate., express, squeeze out, press out.
-adjectives
extracted.
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Antonyms: |
insertion |
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| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock |
| Main Entry: | antecedent(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predecessor(s) in family |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, ancestry, antecessor, blood, descent, extraction, forebears, forefather/mother, genealogy, line, primogenitor, progenitor, stock |
Antonyms: |
descendant |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, background, blood, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebears, genealogy, heritance, legacy, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, position, race, rank, station, status, stock, strain |
| Main Entry: | blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
Synonyms: |
birth, consanguinity, descendants, descent, extraction, family, kindred, kinship, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, relations, stock |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, class |
Synonyms: |
brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, likes, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | societal group, background |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order, pedigree, pigeonhole, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, the right stuff, tier, title |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line of ancestry |
Synonyms: |
blood, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, relationship |