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Extract Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Extract?
[n] a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
[n] a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) [v] extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [v] calculate the root of a number [v] take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [v] draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" [v] obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" [v] separate (a metal) from an ore [v] deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [v] get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Extract: distil | distill | draw out | draw out | educe | elicit | evoke | excerpt | excerpt | express | infusion | press out | pull | pull out | pull up | selection | take out | take out Related Terms | Find terms related to Extract: abate | abrade | abridge | abstract | ambergris | ambrosia | aromatic | aromatic gum | aromatic water | artifact | attar | attar of roses | avulse | balm | balm of Gilead | balsam | bate | bay oil | bergamot oil | bolt | brainchild | carve | champaca oil | child | chisel | choose | choose out | citation | cite | civet | clarify | clear | clipping | coinage | collect | composition | concentrate | concentration | conclude | concoction | condense | convert | copy | creation | creature | crowning achievement | cull | cultivate | curtail | cut out | cutting | decide between | decoction | decrassify | decrease | deduce | deduct | deliver | depreciate | depurate | deracinate | derive | derogate | detract | develop | dig out | dig up | diminish | disentangle | disparage | distill | distillate | distillation | drain | draw | draw a conclusion | draw an inference | draw forth | draw out | dredge | dredge up | eat away | edulcorate | effect | eke out | elicit | elixir | elute | end product | eradicate | erode | essence | essential oil | essentialize | evince | evoke | evolve | evulse | excavate | excerpt | excerption | excise | exsect | extort | extraction | extricate | fetch | file away | filter | filtrate | find | fixative | force out | free | fruit | garner | gather | get | get out | glean | gouge out | grow | grub up | handiwork | handpick | harvest | heliotrope | impair | induce | infer | infusion | invention | issue | jasmine oil | lavender oil | leach | lessen | liberate | lixiviate | machine | make a selection | manufacture | masterpiece | masterwork | milk | mill | mine | mintage | musk | myrcia oil | myrrh | new mintage | obtain | offspring | opera | opus | opuscule | origination | outcome | outgrowth | parfum | passage | percolate | perfume | perfumery | pick | pick out | pick up | pluck out | pluck up | process | product | production | pry | pull | pull out | pull up | pump | purification | purify | quarry | quintessence | quotation | quote | raise | rake out | ransom | rear | reason | reason that | recover | rectify | redeem | reduce | refine | refinement | release | remove | rescue | result | retrench | retrieve | rip out | root out | root up | rose oil | rub away | salvage | save | scent | scratch | screen | select | selected passage | selection | separate | set free | shorten | sieve | sift | single out | smelt | spirit | spiritualize | squeeze | strain | subduct | sublimate | sublime | subtract | take as proved | take away | take from | take out | tear | tear out | thin | thin out | try | unearth | unravel | uproot | volatile oil | wear away | weed | weed out | winkle out | winnow | withdraw | work | worm out | wrench | wrest | wrest out | wring | yank See Also | acquire | analecta | analects | beef tea | black catechu | Bovril | calculate | catechu | choose | cipher | citation | clipping | compute | construe | create | cut | cutting | cypher | demodulate | figure | get | interpret | make | moonshine | newspaper clipping | obtain | pancreatin | passage | pick out | press clipping | press cutting | quotation | quote | ream | reckon | remove | see | select | separate | solution | squeeze out | take | take | take away | track | withdraw | work out | wring out Extract In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extracted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Extracting}.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to
extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, and cf.
{Estreat}.]
1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from
a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to
extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a
splinter from the finger.
The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
--Milton.
2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence.
Cf. {Abstract}, v. t., 6.
Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the
process is tedious.
3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as
a passage from a book.
I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few
notorious falsehoods. --Swift.
{To extract the root} (Math.), to ascertain the root of a
number or quantity.
\Ex"tract`\, n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out. 2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. 3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark. 4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See {Abstract}, n., 4. 5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the {extractive principle}. [Obs.] 6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] --South. 7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. --Tomlins. {Fluid extract} (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug. |
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