Extract

Noun

 * 1) That which is extracted or drawn out.
 * 2) A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
 * 3) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing 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.
 * 4) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract.
 * 5)  A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
 * 6) Ancestry; descent.
 * 7) A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

Verb

 * 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.
 * 2)  To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence.  Compare abstract, transitive verb.
 * 3)  To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
 * 4)  To determine (a root of a number).
 * Please extract the third root of 27.

Adjectives for Extract
liquid; liberal; embryonic; subsequent; garbled; glandular; misquoted.

Verbs for Extract
administer—; copy—; deduce—; derive—; discharge—; distil—; draw forth—; elicit—; employ—; evolve—; issue—; obtain—; prepare—; quote—; view—; —finishes; —flavors; —represents.

Adverbs for Extract
freshly; imperfectly; wilfully; liberally; subsequently; glandularly; erroneously; illegally.

Synonyms for Extract

 * extraction
 * origin, extraction
 * educe, extort, eradicate, pull, obtain, draw, extirpate, elicit,remove, evoke, derive, distill.
 * educe, extort, eradicate, pull, obtain, draw, extirpate, elicit,remove, evoke, derive, distill.
 * educe, extort, eradicate, pull, obtain, draw, extirpate, elicit,remove, evoke, derive, distill.

Antonyms for Extract
insert, introduce, instill, impregnate, interject, intervene.

Related terms

 * tincture

Thesaurus
abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, ambergris, ambrosia, aromatic, aromatic gum, aromatic water, artifact, attar, attar of roses, avulse, balm, balm of Gilead, balsam, bate, bay oil, bergamot oil, bolt, brainchild, carve, champaca oil, child, chisel, choose, choose out, citation, cite, civet, clarify, clear, clipping, coinage, collect, composition, concentrate, concentration, conclude, concoction, condense, convert, copy, creation, creature, crowning achievement, cull, cultivate, curtail, cut out, cutting, decide between, decoction, decrassify, decrease, deduce, deduct, deliver, depreciate, depurate, deracinate, derive, derogate, detract, develop, dig out, dig up, diminish, disentangle, disparage, distill, distillate, distillation, drain, draw, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, draw forth, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eat away, edulcorate, effect, eke out, elicit, elixir, elute, end product, eradicate, erode, essence, essential oil, essentialize, evince, evoke, evolve, evulse, excavate, excerpt, excerption, excise, exsect, extort, extraction, extricate, fetch, file away, filter, filtrate, find, fixative, force out, free, fruit, garner, gather, get, get out, glean, gouge out, grow, grub up, handiwork, handpick, harvest, heliotrope, impair, induce, infer, infusion, invention, issue, jasmine oil, lavender oil, leach, lessen, liberate, lixiviate, machine, make a selection, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, milk, mill, mine, mintage, musk, myrcia oil, myrrh, new mintage, obtain, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, parfum, passage, percolate, perfume, perfumery, pick, pick out, pick up, pluck out, pluck up, process, product, production, pry, pull, pull out, pull up, pump, purification, purify, quarry, quintessence, quotation, quote, raise, rake out, ransom, rear, reason, reason that, recover, rectify, redeem, reduce, refine, refinement, release, remove, rescue, result, retrench, retrieve, rip out, root out, root up, rose oil, rub away, salvage, save, scent, scratch, screen, select, selected passage, selection, separate, set free, shorten, sieve, sift, single out, smelt, spirit, spiritualize, squeeze, strain, subduct, sublimate, sublime, subtract, take as proved, take away, take from, take out, tear, tear out, thin, thin out, try, unearth, unravel, uproot, volatile oil, wear away, weed, weed out, winkle out, winnow, withdraw, work, worm out, wrench, wrest, wrest out, wring, yank

Etymology
From extractum:, neuter perfect passive participle of extraho:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"Ekstr{kt/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/Iks"tr{kt/}}

Noun

 * Czech: extrakt
 * Finnish:, , uute


 * Norwegian: ekstrakt, uttrekk, utdrag


 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: απόσπασμα


 * Norwegian: utdrag


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: uutos, uute


 * Norwegian: uttrekk


 * Finnish: jauhe


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * : extracto, pasaje , fragmento

Verb

 * Czech: vytáhnout
 * Finnish: vetää ulos
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: חילץ, עקר
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ekstrahere
 * Telugu: పీకు (peeku)


 * Czech: extrahovat
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Hebrew: מיצה


 * Finnish:, lainata


 * Finnish: määrittää


 * Greek: υπολογίζω


 * : extraer, sacar