extricate

«extricate» in Mova's school dictionary: to free them from a trap, a difficulty or something that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (extricates, extricated, extricating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To extricate someone or something is to free them from a trap, a difficulty or something that holds them tight. tree →

2) To extricate yourself is to get yourself out of trouble. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a hero frees a princess from fire, a net or a trap; in the lessons it can mean getting out of a tangle

examples

• The farmer extricated the lamb from the thorn bush. tree →
• The knight extricated the lady from the burning tower. tree →
• It took an hour to extricate myself from the tangled kite string. tree →
• Please help me extricate the cat from the box. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «extricate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.