extract
Meaning of extract
verb
- remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
the fossils are extracted from the chalk
- calculate (a root of a number).
early computers had an instruction to extract a square root
- a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
an extract from a historical film
- a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form.
natural plant extracts
a shampoo with extract of camomile
late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’.
Information about extract
- The plural form of extract is: extracts.
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CatalanHyphenation of extract
ex-tract
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- extract is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
extract synonyms
Meaning infusion:
Meaning excerpt:
excerpt, excerption, selection
Meaning pull out:
Meaning educe:
Meaning distill:
Meaning press out:
Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:
Meaning remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position:
Meaning free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty:
Meaning pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground:
Meaning draw or pull out (a knife, sword, or similar weapon) from its sheath or covering:
Meaning show or provide (something) for consideration, inspection, or use:
Meaning release from physical obstruction or restraint:
Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:
Meaning uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment:
Meaning a short extract from a book or other printed material:
Meaning a summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech:
Meaning a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work:
Meaning a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker:
Meaning an article or other piece cut from a newspaper or periodical:
Meaning an article cut from a newspaper or magazine:
Meaning a small piece or brief extract:
Meaning an isolated or incomplete part of something:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a collection of short literary or philosophical extracts:
Meaning a concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant:
Meaning the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling:
Meaning something formed by distillation:
Meaning the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events:
Meaning a substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something:
Meaning an extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent:
Meaning the liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables:
Meaning a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation:
Meaning a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol:
Meaning a particular type of medicinal solution:
Meaning the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class:
Meaning a concentrated liquor resulting from heating or infusing a substance, used for medicinal purposes:
extract antonyms
Meaning place, fit, or push (something) into something else:
Translation of extract
Words that rhyme with extract
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