extract

extract
ex|tract1 [ ık`strækt ] verb transitive **
1. ) FORMAL to remove something from a particular place: TAKE OUT:
He opened a drawer and extracted a file.
a ) to remove a substance from another substance:
The pulp was crushed to extract the juice.
extract something from something: a method of extracting sulfur from copper ore
b ) MEDICAL to remove one of someone's teeth
2. ) to get someone to tell or give you something when they do not want to: OBTAIN:
The army uses force to extract confessions.
extract something from someone: It is not easy to extract information from the Senator.
extract a promise/concession: She managed to extract a promise of support from her employers.
a ) to get the exact information you need from a lot of information that you have:
extract something from something: Our data is extracted from the project records.
extract
ex|tract 2 [ `ek,strækt ] noun **
1. ) count or uncount a substance that has been taken from a plant or from another substance:
malt extract
natural herbal extracts
2. ) count a short piece of writing taken from something such as a book or letter: EXCERPT:
extract from: He read several extracts from his latest novel.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • extract — [ek strakt′, ikstrakt′; ] for n. [ eks′trakt΄] vt. [ME extracten < L extractus, pp. of extrahere, to draw out < ex , out + trahere, to DRAW] 1. to draw out by effort; pull out [to extract a tooth, to extract a promise from someone] 2. to… …   English World dictionary

  • Extract — Ex tract , n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out. [1913 Webster] 2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. [1913 Webster] 3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • extract — EXTRÁCT, extracte, s.n. 1. (Ieşit din uz) Copie a unui act, scoasă dintr un registru (de stare civilă). 2. Substanţă sau amestec de substanţe chimice preparat prin concentrarea până la un anumit grad a produselor extrase din diferite materii… …   Dicționar Român

  • Extract — Ex*tract , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extracting}.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, and cf. {Estreat}.] 1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Extract — Données clés Titre québécois Essence Titre original Extract Réalisation Mike Judge Scénario Mike Judge Acteurs principaux Jason Bateman …   Wikipédia en Français

  • extract — vb extort, elicit, *educe, evoke Analogous words: draw, *pull, drag: *demand, require, exact: obtain, procure, gain, win, acquire, *get extract n Extract, excerpt denote a passage transcribed or quoted from a book or document …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Extract — Extract, beinahe gleichbedeutend mit Essenz (s. d.) ist der Auszug irgend eines gewürzhaften oder andern Pflanzenstoffes. Er unterscheidet sich von letzterer nur dadurch, daß diese immer weinig oder geistig ist, während der Extract auch mit… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • extract — [n] something condensed from whole abstract, citation, clipping, concentrate, cutting, decoction, distillate, distillation, elicitation, essence, excerpt, infusion, juice*, passage, quotation, selection; concepts 270,835 Ant. insertion extract… …   New thesaurus

  • extract — ex·tract / ek ˌstrakt/ n: a certified copy of a document that forms part of or is preserved in a public record Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. extract …   Law dictionary

  • Extract — (v. lat. Extractum), 1) Auszug; 2) Gemisch verschiedener Körper, welches bei der Behandlung bes. von Pflanzen u. Thierstoffen mit indifferenten, flüchtigen Lösungsmitteln u. durch vollständiges od. theilweises Verdunsten des Lösungsmittels[46]… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Extract — Extract, lat., Auszug, in der Pharmacie Pflanzensäfte, die durch Abdampfen eingedickt sind …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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