Lexic.us

Definition of Extract

1. Noun. A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water).

2. Verb. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. "Extract information from the telegram"

3. Noun. A passage selected from a larger work. "He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

4. Verb. Get despite difficulties or obstacles. "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

5. Verb. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

6. Verb. Extract by the process of distillation. "Distill the essence of this compound"

7. Verb. Separate (a metal) from an ore.

8. Verb. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action. "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

9. Verb. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.

10. Verb. Calculate the root of a number.

Definition of Extract

1. 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.

2. n. That which is extracted or drawn out.

Definition of Extract

1. to pull or draw out [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Extract

1. A concentrated preparation of a vegetable or animal drug obtained by removing the active constituents therefrom with a suitable menstruum, evaporating all or nearly all the solvent and adjusting the residual mass or powder to a prescribed standard. Extracts are prepared in three forms, semiliquid or of syrupy consistency, pilular or solid and as dry powder. Origin: L. Extractum This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extract

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