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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: [verb] to draw forth (as by research). to pull or take out forcibly. to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling.
EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
Extract definition: to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force. See examples of EXTRACT used in a sentence.
EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
a solution or preparation containing the active principles of a drug, plant juice, or the like; concentrated solution. vanilla extract. 12. a solid, viscid, or liquid substance extracted from a plant, drug, or the like, containing its essence in concentrated form.
You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract. ... Spanish-English dictionary, translator, and learning.
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. Animals take in food and extract nutrients from it.
