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n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

composition, piece, opus, musical composition, piece of music

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre

n. the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

reading

n. written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"

obtain, secure, procure

v. come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

find, get, receive, obtain

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

pluck, tweak, pick off, pull sharply, pull off, pull away from

v. pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

express, extract, take out, press out, pull out

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

pluck, plunk

v. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

wrench, twist violently

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

transfer, remove

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

grab, force away, wrest, pull away

v. pull away

tweeze, pluck with tweezers

v. pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

pluck, tweak, pick off, pull sharply, pull off, pull away from

v. pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

tweeze, pluck with tweezers

v. pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair"

derive, infer, deduce, deduct

v. reason by deduction; establish by deduction

obtain, secure, procure

v. come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

extract, uproot, pull up, move forcibly

v. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

pluck, plunk

v. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

wrench, twist violently

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

wrench, wring

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

press, squeeze, contract, compress, compact, constrict, press together, squeeze together

v. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

relax, loose, become less tight

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

free, disengage, make free

v. free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

unbrace, untie, undo the ties of

v. undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"

pressure, force, coerce

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

mine, get from the earth

v. get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"

grab, force away, wrest, pull away

v. pull away

draw, take out, withdraw

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

take, remove, take away

efface, erase, wipe off, score out, rub out

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

clear, delete, erase

v. wipe out magnetically recorded information

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

draw, take out, withdraw

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

Synonyms (13)

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

press, apply pressure to, apply force to

v. exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

draw, take out

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

Antonyms (6)

insert, infix, introduce, enter

v. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

shoot, inject

v. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

extract

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