Extract meaning

What does “extract” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“extract” is a noun and verb with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water).

extract

noun

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Synonymsinfusion
a passage selected from a larger work
“he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”
Synonymsexcerpt excerption selection

verb

remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
“pull weeds”
“extract a bad tooth”
Synonymspull out pull pull up take out draw out rip out tear out
get despite difficulties or obstacles
“I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions”
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
“We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant”
Synonymseduce evoke elicit draw out
extract by the process of distillation
“distill the essence of this compound”
Synonymsdistill distil
separate (a metal) from an ore
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
“Italians express coffee rather than filter it”
Synonymspress out express
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Synonymsexcerpt take out
calculate the root of a number

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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