| 1. | to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth. |
| 2. | to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.): He extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said. |
| 3. | to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source: He extracted satisfaction from the success of his sons. |
| 4. | to take or copy out (matter), as from a book. |
| 5. | to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.). |
| 6. | to extort (information, money, etc.): to extract a secret from someone. |
| 7. | to separate or obtain (a juice, ingredient, etc.) from a mixture by pressure, distillation, treatment with solvents, or the like. |
| 8. | Mathematics.
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| 9. | something extracted. |
| 10. | a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; excerpt; quotation. |
| 11. | 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: beef extract. |
extract ex·tract (ĭk-strākt')
v. ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts
To draw or pull out, using force or effort.
To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
To determine or calculate the root of a number.
A concentrated preparation of a drug obtained by removing the active constituents of the drug with suitable solvents, evaporating all or nearly all of the solvent, and adjusting the residual mass or powder to the prescribed standard.
A preparation of the essential constituents of a food or a flavoring; a concentrate.