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ex·tract (

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tr.v. ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts

1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.

2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.

3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.

4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.

a. To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.

b. To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).

c. To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.

6. Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).

n. (

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Something extracted, especially:

a. A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.

b. A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, flavoring, or other substance; a concentrate: maple extract.

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

ex·tracta·ble, ex·tracti·ble adj.

ex·tractor n.

extract

vb [ɪkˈstrækt] (tr)

1. to withdraw, pull out, or uproot by force

2. to remove or separate

3. to derive (pleasure, information, etc.) from some source or situation

4. to deduce or develop (a doctrine, policy, etc.)

5. Informal to extort (money, etc.)

6. (Chemistry) to obtain (a substance) from a mixture or material by a chemical or physical process, such as digestion, distillation, the action of a solvent, or mechanical separation

7. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) to cut out or copy out (an article, passage, quotation, etc.) from a publication

8. (Mathematics) to determine the value of (the root of a number)

n [ˈɛkstrækt]

1. something extracted, such as a part or passage from a book, speech, etc.

2. (Chemistry) a preparation containing the active principle or concentrated essence of a material beef extract yeast extract

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Pharmacol a solution of plant or animal tissue containing the active principle

[from Latin extractus drawn forth, from extrahere, from trahere to drag]

extractable adj

extractability n

Usage: Extract is sometimes wrongly used where extricate would be better: he will find it difficult extricating (not extracting) himself from this situation

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Noun	1.	extract - a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) infusion beef tea, Bovril - an extract of beef (given to people who are ill) black catechu, catechu - extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water" pancreatin - extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
	2.	extract - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" excerpt, excerption, selection passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length chrestomathy - a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language analecta, analects - a collection of excerpts from a literary work clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cutting - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" track, cut - a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" quotation, quote, citation - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Verb	1.	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 up, draw out, take out, pull remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" wring out, squeeze out - extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth" demodulate - extract information from a modulated carrier wave thread - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded" pull out, draw, get out, pull, take out - bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
	2.	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?"
	3.	extract - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" educe, elicit, evoke, 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?"
	4.	extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" distil, distill 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 distill, distil - undergo the process of distillation create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
	5.	extract - separate (a metal) from an ore mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
	6.	extract - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" press out, express ream - squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
	7.	extract - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy excerpt, take out choose, pick out, select, 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"
	8.	extract - calculate the root of a number math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation

extract

verb

1. obtain, take out, distil, squeeze out, draw out, express, separate out, press out Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges.

2. take out, draw, pull, remove, withdraw, pull out, bring out He extracted a small notebook from his pocket.

3. pull out, remove, take out, draw, uproot, pluck out, extirpate She has to have a tooth extracted at 3 today.

4. elicit, get, obtain, force, draw, gather, derive, exact, bring out, evoke, reap, wring, glean, coerce, wrest He tried to extract further information from the witness.

5. select, quote, cite, abstract, choose, cut out, reproduce, cull, copy out material extracted from a range of texts

6. develop, obtain, derive, evolve, gather, elicit, glean, deduce, educe an idea he had extracted from Theodore Schwenk's `Sensitive Chaos'

noun

1. passage, selection, excerpt, cutting, clipping, abstract, quotation, citation He read us an extract from his latest novel.

2. essence, solution, concentrate, juice, distillation, decoction, distillate fragrances taken from plant extracts

Translations

extract [ˈekstrækt]

A. N (from book, film) → extracto m, fragmento m (Pharm) → extracto m (Culin) [of beef, yeast] → extracto m, concentrado m
extracts from "Don Quijote" (as book) → selecciones fpl del "Quijote"

B. [ɪksˈtrækt] VT

1. (= take out) [+ cork, tooth] → sacar; [+ bullet] (from wound) → extraer; [+ mineral] → extraer, obtener; [+ juice] → exprimir

2. (= obtain) [+ information, money] → obtener, sacar; [+ confession] → sacar, arrancar

3. (= select) (from book etc) → seleccionar

4. (Math) → extraer

extract [ɪkˈstrækt]

[+ substance] → extraire

(= get out) [+ object] → extraire

[+ tooth] → arracher

(= obtain) [+ money, promise] → soutirer; [+ information] → tirer, arracher
He was unable to extract any information from the men → Il n'a pas réussi à tirer de ces hommes la moindre information.

[ˈɛkstrækt] n

[book] → extrait m
an extract from the book → un extrait du livre

[plant, fruit] → extrait m
lemon extract → extrait de citron

extract

(= take out) → herausnehmen; cork etc → (heraus)ziehen (from aus); juice, minerals, oil, DNA, energy → gewinnen (from aus); tooth → ziehen, extrahieren (spec); bullet, foreign body → entfernen; she extracted herself from his arms → sie befreite sich aus seinen Armen

(fig) information, secrets → entlocken (from +dat); confession, money → herausholen (from aus); permission, promise, concession → abringen (→ from +dat), → erlangen (from von); the meaning/moral of a book → herausarbeiten (from aus); he is able to extract himself from difficult situations → er kann sich aus schwierigen Lagen befreien

(Math) square root → ziehen

quotation, passage → herausziehen, exzerpieren (geh)

(from book etc) → Auszug m, → Exzerpt nt

(Med, Cook) → Extrakt m

extract [ɐn ˈɛkstrækt; ɐvb ɪksˈtrækt]

1. n (from book) → brano; (from film) → spezzone m (Culin, Chem) → estratto

2. vt to extract (from) (take out) → estrarre (da); (obtain, promise, confession, money) → estorcere a, strappare a; (select, from book) → stralciare (da)

extract [ɐn ˈɛkstrækt; ɐvb ɪksˈtrækt]

1. n (from book) → brano; (from film) → spezzone m (Culin, Chem) → estratto

2. vt to extract (from) (take out) → estrarre (da); (obtain, promise, confession, money) → estorcere a, strappare a; (select, from book) → stralciare (da)

extract

v extract [ikˈstrӕkt]

1 to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her? trek يَقْتَلِع، يَسْتَخْرِج вадя vytáhnout trække ud; hale ud herausholen, ziehen εξάγω, αποσπώ extraer välja kiskuma بیرون کشیدن؛ کشیدن vetää arracher, tirer (de) לַעֲקוֹר खींचना, उखाड़ना izvući, izvaditi kihúz mencabut draga út/úr, toga út estrarre 抜きとる 뽑다 ištraukti, išgauti izraut; izdabūt; izdibināt mencabut uittrekken trekke ut/opp, hale ut, presse ut wydobywać, usuwać (ząb) extrair a scoate удалять; вырывать vytiahnuť izpuliti izvući dra ut, få (tvinga) fram ถอนออก çekmek 拔出 видавлювати; витягати کھینچنا ، اکھاڑنا rút; nhổ 拔出

2 to select (passages from a book etc). uittreksel يَقْتَطِف изваждам vypsat si uddrage; hive ud einen Auszug machen διαλέγω extraer väljavõtteid tegema گزیدن؛ گلچین کردن poimia extraire לְהוֹצִיא קֶטָע सार तत्व निकालना izabrati kivonatol memilih velja úr ricavare 抜すいする 선택하다 rinkti (ištraukas) izdalīt (fragmentu) memilih selecteren velge ut (utdrag) wybierać extrair/seleccionar a extrage делать выдержки vypísať si izbrati izvući göra utdrag ur คัดลอกหรือตัดทอน seçmek 摘取 вибирати اقتباس کرنا trích 摘取

3 to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans. onttrek يَسْتَخْلِص издърпвам extrahovat udvinde gewinnen εξάγω, εκχυλίζω extraer ekstraheerima عصاره گرفتن؛ افشردن uuttaa extraire לְמָצוֹת उद्धरण देना dobiven, izvučen kivon menyarikan vinna (úr) estrarre 抽出する 추출하다 išspausti, išskirti, ekstrahuoti ekstrahēt; izspiest menyarikan verkrijgen uit trekke ut, utvinne robić wyciąg extrair a extrage выжимать; получать экстракт extrahovať izločiti izvući utvinna สกัด elde etmek 提取 здобувати; випарювати کشید کردہ عطر، ملخص chiết 提取

[ˈekstrӕkt] n

1 a passage selected from a book etc a short extract from his novel. uittreksel إقْتِباس، مُقْتَطَف избрана част výtah uddrag der Auszug απόσπασμα fragmento väljavõte گزیده؛ منتخب ote extrait תַּמצִית निष्कर्ष, सार तत्व odlomak (tartalmi) kivonat cuplikan útdráttur brano 抜すいする 인용구 ištrauka izvilkums (no grāmatas) sedutan fragment utdrag wyjątek extracto extras выдержка výťah izvleček odlomak utdrag ข้อความที่คัดเลือกมาจากหนังสือ parka, alıntı 摘錄 уривок, цитата کسی کتاب سے اقتباس کیا گیا حصہ đoạn trích 摘录

2 a substance obtained by an extracting process beef/yeast extract; extract of malt. ekstraheer خُلاصَه екстракт výtažek ekstrakt; udtræk der Extrakt εκχύλισμα extracto ekstrakt عصاره؛ شیره uute extrait תַּמצִית उद्धरण ekstrakt eszencia ekstrak seyði, kjarni, kraftur estratto エキス 추출물 ekstraktas ekstrakts ekstrak extract ekstrakt wyciąg, ekstrakt extracto extract экстракт výťažok ekstrakt ekstrakt extrakt สิ่งที่สกัดออกมา öz, ...suyu 汁，精華 екстракт کشید کے ذریعہ حاصل کیا گیا مادہ chất chiết 汁，精华

n exˈtraction [-ʃən]

1 race or parentage He is of Greek extraction. afkoms أصْل، نَسَب потекло původ afstamning; oprindelse die Abstammung καταγωγή origen sünnipära تبار؛ اصل و نسب sukuperä origine מוֹצָא निष्कर्ष, सार, निचोड़ rasa, rod származás ras, keturunan uppruni; ætterni origine 血統 태생 kilmė izcelsme keterunan afkomst herkomst, ætt, avstamning pochodzenie descendência origine происхождение pôvod izvor poreklo börd, härkomst เชื้อสาย soy 血統 походження نسل ، مخرج nguồn gốc 血统

2 (an) act of extracting eg a tooth. uittrekking, ekstraksie إقْتِلاع سِن изваждане vytržení udtrækning das Ziehen εξαγωγή extracción väljatõmbamine بیرون کشی؛ کندن poisto extraction עֲקִירָה वंश, कुल vađenje kihúzás pencabutan útdráttur estrazione 引き抜くこと 뽑아냄 ištraukimas izraušana; izvilkšana pencabutan het uittrekken uttrekking ekstrakcja, usuwanie extracção extracţie удаление зуба vytrhnutie izdrtje vađenje utdragning การถอน çekme 拔出 витягання دانت نکالنے کا عمل hành động rút, nhổ 拔出

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