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# extricate

verb (extricates, extricated, extricating)

«extricate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To extricate someone or something is to free them from a trap, a difficulty or something that holds them tight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/#m1)
2. To extricate yourself is to get yourself out of trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/#x1)
- The knight extricated the lady from the burning tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/#x2)
- It took an hour to extricate myself from the tangled kite string. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/#x3)
- Please help me extricate the cat from the box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «extricate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extricate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«extricate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/extricate.html) on Mova free.