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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tract /v. ɪkˈstrækt; n. ˈɛkstrækt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to pull or draw out, esp. with effort: The dentist extracted my tooth.
- to draw forth: extracting information from the prisoners.
- to take or copy out (excerpts), as from a book:They extracted a few examples from the text.
- Chemistryto separate or obtain from something:The chemists extracted this substance from vanilla plants.
n. - [countable] something extracted.
- 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.
See -trac-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tract (v. ik strakt′ or, esp. for 5, ek′strakt;n. ek′strakt),USA pronunciation v.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
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pry out.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.See corresponding entry in Unabridged withdraw, distill.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged citation, selection.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decoction, distillation.
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