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verb
- 1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force: "the fossils are extracted from the chalk" Similar Opposite
- 2. calculate (a root of a number): "early computers had an instruction to extract a square root"
noun
- 1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music: "an extract from a historical film" Similar
- 2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: "natural plant extracts" Similar
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EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXTRACT is to draw forth (as by research). How to use extract in a sentence. The Crisscrossing Histories of Abstract and Extract Synonym Discussion of Extract.
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 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.
Sep 23, 2015 · EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole. You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract.
extract something (from something) to remove or obtain a substance from something, for example by using an industrial or a chemical process. a machine that extracts excess moisture from the air. The Egyptians used a primitive form of distillation to extract the essential oils from plants.
EXTRACT definition: 1. to take something out, especially using force: 2. to get the money, information, etc that you…. Learn more.
extract. [countable] extract (from something) a short passage from a book, piece of music, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like. The following extract is taken from her new novel. [uncountable, countable] a substance that has been obtained from something else using a particular process.
An extract is the output from a liquid-liquid extraction process, mainly containing the solvent used to extract the solute.
