a passage taken from a written work; excerpt:[countable]an extract from his play.
Chemistry[uncountable] a solid or liquid substance containing the essence of a food, plant, or drug in concentrated form: beef extract; vanilla extract.
ex•tract(v. ik strakt′or, esp. for 5, ek′strakt;n. ek′strakt),USA pronunciationv.t.
to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force:to extract a tooth.
to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.):He extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said.
to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source:He extracted satisfaction from the success of his sons.
to take or copy out (matter), as from a book.
to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.).
to extort (information, money, etc.):to extract a secret from someone.
Chemistryto separate or obtain (a juice, ingredient, etc.) from a mixture by pressure, distillation, treatment with solvents, or the like.
Mathematics
to determine (the root of a quantity that has a single root).
to determine (a root of a quantity that has multiple roots).
n.
something extracted.
a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; excerpt; quotation.
Chemistrya solution or preparation containing the active principles of a drug, plant juice, or the like; concentrated solution:vanilla extract.
Chemistrya solid, viscid, or liquid substance extracted from a plant, drug, or the like, containing its essence in concentrated form:beef extract.
Latin extractus (past participle of extrahere). See ex-1, tract1
late Middle English 1375–1425
ex•tract′a•ble, ex•tract′i•ble, adj. ex•tract′a•bil′i•ty, ex•tract′i•bil′i•ty, n.
1. pry out. 6. evoke, educe, draw out, elicit. Extract,exact,extort,wrest imply using force to remove something. To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like:to extract a confession by torture.To exact is to impose a penalty, or to obtain by force or authority, something to which one lays claim:to exact payment.To extort is to wring something by intimidation or threats from an unwilling person:to extort money by threats of blackmail.To wrest is to take by force or violence in spite of active resistance:The courageous minority wrested power from their oppressors.7. withdraw, distill. 10. citation, selection. 11. decoction, distillation.
to derive (pleasure, information, etc) from some source or situation
to deduce or develop (a doctrine, policy, etc)
informalto extort (money, etc)
to obtain (a substance) from a mixture or material by a chemical or physical process, such as digestion, distillation, the action of a solvent, or mechanical separation
to cut out or copy out (an article, passage, quotation, etc) from a publication
to determine the value of (the root of a number)
n/ˈɛkstrækt/
something extracted, such as a part or passage from a book, speech, etc
a preparation containing the active principle or concentrated essence of a material
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin extractus drawn forth, from extrahere, from trahere to dragexˈtractableadjexˌtractaˈbilitynUSAGE Extract is sometimes wrongly used where extricate would be better: he will find it difficult extricating (not extracting) himself from this situation
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