extract E₁X₈T₁R₁A₁C₃T₁

Noun 4 meanings

1. Something that is extracted or drawn out.

2. A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).

   “I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.”

3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue

   “vanilla extract”

4. Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained

   “quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.”

Verb 4 meanings

1. To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

   “to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger”

2. To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

   “to extract an essential oil from a plant”

3. To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of

   “extract a passage from a text.”

4. To select parts of a whole

   “We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.”

Similar and opposite words

• FACT₉
• CONTACT₁₁
• CONTRACT₁₂
• IMPACT₁₂
• EXACT₁₄
• ATTRACT₉
• REACT₇
• ABSTRACT₁₂
• COMPACT₁₅
• INTERACT₁₀
• INTACT₈
• PACT₈

• EXTRAIT₁₄