extract

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: infusionexcerptexcerptionselectionpull outpullpull uptake outdraw outeduceevokeelicit

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)Synonyms: infusion
  2. a passage selected from a larger work“he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”Synonyms: excerptexcerptionselection

Verb (8)

  1. remove, 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”Synonyms: pull outpullpull uptake outdraw out
  2. get despite difficulties or obstacles“I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions”
  3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)“We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant”Synonyms: educeevokeelicitdraw out
  4. extract by the process of distillation“distill the essence of this compound”Synonyms: distilldistil
  5. separate (a metal) from an ore
  6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action“Italians express coffee rather than filter it”Synonyms: press outexpress
  7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copySynonyms: excerpttake out
  8. calculate the root of a number
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Extract \Ex"tract`\, n.

1.That which is extracted or drawn out. [1913 Webster]

2.A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. [1913 Webster]

3.A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving 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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.(Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

6.Extraction; descent. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. Extractable

Extract \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. [1913 Webster]

The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6. [1913 Webster]

Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious. [1913 Webster]

3.To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. [1913 Webster]

I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity. [1913 Webster]

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