Extract ¹

Definition: 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.

Extract ²

Definition: To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t.,

Extract ³

Definition: To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extract ⁴

Definition: That which is extracted or drawn out.

Extract ⁵

Definition: A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

Extract ⁶

Definition: A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

Extract ⁷

Definition: A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n.,

Extract ⁸

Definition: A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; called also the extractive principle.

Extract ⁹

Definition: Extraction; descent.

Extract ¹⁰

Definition: A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

extract ¹¹

Definition: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings"

extract ¹²

Definition: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

extract ¹³

Definition: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"

extract ¹⁴

Definition: calculate the root of a number

extract ¹⁵

Definition: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

extract ¹⁶

Definition: draw or pull out, 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"

extract ¹⁷

Definition: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

extract ¹⁸

Definition: separate (a metal) from an ore

extract ¹⁹

Definition: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

extract ²⁰

Definition: get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"