Definitions for extract

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extract ex·tract

Spelling: [verb ik-strakt or especially for 5, ek-strakt; <

IPA: /verb ɪkˈstrækt or especially for 5, ˈɛk strækt; noun ˈɛk strækt/

Extract is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in extract (acerttx).

Definitions for extract

noun

1. something extracted.
2. a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; excerpt; quotation.
3. a solution or preparation containing the active principles of a drug, plant juice, or the like; concentrated solution:
4. a solid, viscid, or liquid substance extracted from a plant, drug, or the like, containing its essence in concentrated form:

verb (used with object)

1. to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force:
2. to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.):
3. to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source:
4. to take or copy out (matter), as from a book.
5. to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.).
6. to extort (information, money, etc.):
7. to separate or obtain (a juice, ingredient, etc.) from a mixture by pressure, distillation, treatment with solvents, or the like.
8. Mathematics. to determine (the root of a quantity that has a single root). to determine (a root of a quantity that has multiple roots).

Origin of extract

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin extractus (past participle of extrahere). See ex-¹, tract¹

Examples for extract

Humanitarian organizations had already pulled out, and French troops rushed in to extract the 15 foreigners left in the city.

extract all the stones, and spread out the plums on large dishes.

The procedure they undergo to extract eggs is intense and invasive and there are no sexual kicks involved.

So the advantages of being able to extract and store the most energy out of the minimum of calories far outweighed any risks.

The scientists were able to extract sufficient DNA from the roots, and they did indeed find the virus fossils.

Lay the lemon-rind in scalding water, to extract the bitterness.

When it is cold break it up, and extract all the flesh from the shell.

extract the meat from the shell, and cut it into small pieces.

Long and slow boiling is necessary to extract the strength from the meat.

Sophia pays the $20,000 or more necessary to extract and freeze a large number of her eggs.