noun extract Remove or take out, especially by effort or force. 1
transitive verb extract take out of 1
transitive verb extract information 1
noun extract text 1
noun extract flavouring 1
verb extract To extract a substance means to obtain it from something else, for example by using industrial or chemical processes. 0
verb extract If you extract something from a place, you take it out or pull it out. 0
verb extract When a dentist extracts a tooth, they remove it from the patient's mouth. 0
verb extract If you say that someone extracts something, you disapprove of them because they take it for themselves to gain an advantage. 0
verb extract If you extract information or a response from someone, you get it from them with difficulty, because they are unwilling to say or do what you want. 0
verb extract If you extract a particular piece of information, you obtain it from a larger amount or source of information. 0
passive verb extract If part of a book or text is extracted from a particular book, it is printed or published. 0
countable noun extract An extract from a book or piece of writing is a small part of it that is printed or published separately. 0
variable noun extract An extract is a substance that has been obtained from something else, for example by means of a chemical or industrial process. 0
verb extract to withdraw, pull out, or uproot by force 0
verb extract to remove or separate 0
verb extract to derive (pleasure, information, etc) from some source or situation 0
verb extract to deduce or develop (a doctrine, policy, etc) 0
verb extract to extort (money, etc) 0
verb extract 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 0
verb extract to cut out or copy out (an article, passage, quotation, etc) from a publication 0
verb extract to determine the value of (the root of a number) 0
noun extract something extracted, such as a part or passage from a book, speech, etc 0
noun extract a preparation containing the active principle or concentrated essence of a material 0
noun extract a solution of plant or animal tissue containing the active principle 0
verb transitive extract to draw out by effort; pull out 0
verb transitive extract to remove or separate (metal) from ore 0
verb transitive extract to obtain (a substance, esp. an essence or concentrate) by pressing, distilling, using a solvent, etc. 0
verb transitive extract to obtain as if by drawing out; deduce (a principle), derive or elicit (information, pleasure, etc.), or the like 0
verb transitive extract to copy out or quote (a passage from a book, etc.); excerpt 0
verb transitive extract to compute (the root of a quantity) 0
noun extract something extracted 0
noun extract a concentrated form, whether solid, viscid, or liquid, of a food, flavoring, etc. 0
noun extract a passage selected from a book, etc.; excerpt; quotation 0
noun extract the concentrated substance obtained by dissolving a drug in some solvent, as ether or alcohol, and then evaporating the preparation 0
noun extract An extract is the output from a liquid-liquid extraction process, mainly containing the solvent used to extract the solute. 0
noun extract An extract is a solution of plant or animal tissue containing the active ingredient. 0
