Definition of extracts Extracts
/ɛˈkstɹæˌkts/ - [ekstrakts] -
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- extracts (Noun)
Plural of extract.
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| extract - 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" | ||
| pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| wring out, squeeze out extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth" | ||
| demodulate extract information from a modulated carrier wave | ||
| thread pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film" | ||
| pull out, get out, take out, pull, draw move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire" | ||
| extract - separate (a metal) from an ore | ||
| separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | ||
| mining, excavation the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth | ||
| extract - calculate the root of a number | ||
| compute, cipher, cypher, figure, calculate, reckon, work out understand; "He didn't figure her" | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| extract - get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" | ||
| obtain come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" | ||
| extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" | ||
| distill, distil | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | ||
| moonshine distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine | ||
| distil, distill give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" | ||
| extract - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" | ||
| press out, express | ||
| acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" | ||
| ream enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole" | ||
| extract - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | ||
| excerpt, take out | ||
| select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | ||
| extract - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" | ||
| educe, evoke, elicit, draw out | ||
| construe, interpret, see make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
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Wiktionary
- extract (Noun)
That which is extracted or drawn out. - extract (Noun)
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation. - extract (Noun)
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. - extract (Noun)
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc. , or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. - extract (Noun)
A peculiar principle fundamental essence once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle . - extract (Noun)
Ancestry; descent. - extract (Noun)
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution. - extract (Verb)
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. - extract (Verb)
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Compare abstract, transitive verb. - extract (Verb)
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. - extract (Verb)
To determine a root of a number.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- extract (v. t.)
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. - extract (v. t.)
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6. - extract (v. t.)
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. - extract (n.)
That which is extracted or drawn out. - extract (n.)
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. - extract (n.)
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. - extract (n.)
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. - extract (n.)
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. - extract (n.)
Extraction; descent. - extract (n.)
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
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To remove, usually with some force or effort.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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eks-trakt′, v.t. to draw out by force or otherwise: to choose out or select: to find out: to distil.—n. Ex′tract, anything drawn from a substance by heat, distillation, &c., as an essence: a passage taken from a book or writing.—adjs. Extract′able, Extract′ible; Extract′iform.—n. Extrac′tion, act of extracting: derivation from a stock or family: birth: lineage: that which is extracted.—adj. Extract′ive, tending or serving to extract.—n. an extract.—n. Extract′or, he who, or that which, extracts.—Extract the root of a quantity, to find its root by a mathematical process; Extractive matter, the soluble portions of any drug. [L. extrahĕre, extractum—ex, out, trahĕre, to draw.]
