Dictionary entries for 'extract'

Synonyms

ex·tract (ĭk-străkt́)

[Middle English extracten, from Latin extrahere, extract-, ex-, ex-, + trahere, to draw.]

transitive verb: -tract·ed, -tract·ing, -tracts.

To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.
To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.
To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
1. To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.
2. To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).
3. To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.
Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).

Something extracted, especially: A passage from a literary work; an excerpt. A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, flavoring, or other substance; a concentrate: maple extract.