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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

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   How to use extract in a sentence. The Crisscrossing Histories of Abstract and Extract Synonym Discussion of Extract. to draw forth (as by research); to pull or take out forcibly; to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling…

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   What is an extract from a book?

   • An extract from a book or piece of writing is a small part of it that is printed or published separately. An extract is a substance that has been obtained from something else, for example by means of a chemical or industrial process. Blend in the lemon extract, lemon peel and walnuts. ...fragrances taken from plant extracts. 10.

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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 the difference between extract and exact?

   • 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.

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   What is the meaning of 'extract' in chemistry?

   • An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts can be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form.

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   What is extractus in chemistry?

   • [1375–1425; late ME ‹ L extractus (ptp. of extrahere). See ex- 1, tract 1] 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 is an extract and how is it produced?

   • An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material using solvents like ethanol, oil, or water. Extracts can be sold as tinctures, absolutes, or in powder form.

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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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    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.