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   extract

   verb

   • 1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force: "the fossils are extracted from the chalk" Similar take outdraw outbring outpull outremovewithdrawpluck outfish outprize outextricatewrench outtear outuprootunsheatheproducefreereleaserare:deracinateOpposite insert
   • ▪ obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method: "lead was extracted from the copper" Similar squeeze outexpressseparatepress outobtaindistilOpposite add
   • ▪ obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it: "I won't let you go without trying to extract a promise from you" Similar wrestexactwringscrewsqueezemilkforcecoerceobtain by forceobtain by threat(s)extortblackmail someone forworm something out of someoneinformal:put the bite on someone forarchaic:rack
   • ▪ select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction: "the table is extracted from the report" Similar excerptselectchoosereproducerepeatcopyquoteciteculltakeabstractOpposite insert
   • ▪ derive (an idea) from a body of information: "there are few attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the disciplines" Similar derivedevelopevolvededuceinferconcludegatherelicitobtaingettakegainacquireprocureattaingleanformal:educe
   • 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 excerptpassageabstractcitationselectionquotationcuttingclippingsnippetfragmentpiecerare:analects
   • 2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: "natural plant extracts" Similar decoctiondistillationdistillateabstractionconcentrateessencejuicesolutiontinctureelixirquintessencerare:decoctureapozem

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extractability noun
   • 2. extractable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   What does extract mean?

   • EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.

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   What is an extract in chemistry?

   • An extract is the output from a liquid-liquid extraction process, mainly containing the solvent used to extract the solute. About 80 percent of this extract could be redissolved in 100 ml of ethanol to have a stock solution of the antioxidant.

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   What does extract a secret mean?

   • to extract a secret from someone. to 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). something extracted.

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   What does extract from a book Mean?

   • to take or copy out (matter), as from a book. to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.). to extract a secret from someone. to 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).

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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.

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     EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to...

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     EXTRACT translate: 取出;拔出;提取, 强索;设法获取, 植物,...

   • Extract in Traditional Chinese

     EXTRACT translate: 取出;拔出;提取, 強索;設法獲取, 植物,...

   • Znaczenie Extract, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     extract definicja: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to...

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   extract: [verb] to draw forth (as by research). to pull or take out forcibly. to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling.

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   extract, exact, extort, wrest imply using force to remove something. To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like: ...

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   Extract definition: to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force. See examples of EXTRACT used in a sentence.

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   tr.v. ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts. 1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter. 2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise. 3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation. 4.

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   EXTRACT definition: 1. to take something out, especially using force: 2. to get the money, information, etc that you…. Learn more.