extraction
Meaning of extraction
noun
- the action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.
mineral extraction
a dental extraction
- the ethnic origin of someone's family.
a worker of Polish extraction
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin extractio(n- ), from Latin extrahere ‘draw out’ (see extract).
Information about extraction
- It is a name.
- The plural form of extraction is: extractions.
- Languages in which extraction is used:
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Hyphenation of extraction
ex-trac-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- extraction is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
extraction synonyms
Meaning origin:
Meaning the action of taking away or abolishing something unwanted:
Meaning pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground:
Meaning the action of withdrawing something:
Meaning draw or pull out (a knife, sword, or similar weapon) from its sheath or covering:
Meaning the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured:
Meaning release from confinement or slavery:
Meaning the action or process of releasing or being released:
Meaning the action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment:
Meaning making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources:
Meaning forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp:
Meaning the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats:
Meaning firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers:
Meaning convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct:
Meaning the action or state of moving or being moved apart:
Meaning an act or instance of applying force or weight to something:
Meaning get, acquire, or secure (something):
Meaning the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling:
Meaning one's family or ethnic descent:
Meaning the origin of something:
Meaning a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended:
Meaning all the descendants of a common ancestor:
Meaning direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree:
Meaning a connected series of people following one another in time (used especially of several generations of a family):
Meaning a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course:
Meaning the action of obtaining something from a source or origin:
Meaning a person's origin, descent, or ancestry:
Meaning a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor:
Meaning the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another:
Meaning the right or sequence of inheriting a position, title, etc:
Meaning a person's ancestry or line of descent:
Meaning the recorded ancestry or lineage of a person or family:
Meaning family background; descent or lineage:
Meaning an animal's set of ancestors or pedigree, especially with reference to the desirable characteristics bred into it:
Meaning a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:
Meaning the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres:
Meaning a person's social background or ancestry:
Meaning a member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor:
Meaning a person's ancestors or family and social background:
Meaning the fact of being the child of a particular parent or parents:
extraction antonyms
Meaning the action of inserting something:
Translation of extraction
- German: Extraktion
- Spanish: extracción
- French: extraction
- Portuguese: extracção
- Italian: estrazione
Words that rhyme with extraction
tion, Administration, Aerosolization, Africanization, Americanization, Anglicisation, Anglicization, Anglification, Annunciation, Arabicization, Arabization, Aryanization, Asianization, Asiaticization, Babelization, Balkanization, BioNavigation, Bolshevization, Canadianization, Carnation, Catholicization, Celtization, Chileanization, Christianization, Citation, Claymation, Coblation, Confederation, Consecration, Corporation, Creation, CryoAblation, Czechization, DakoCytomation, Danization, Disneyfication, Edenization, Education, Egyptianization, Europeanization, Filipinization, Finlandization, Flamandization, Formication, Foundation, Franklinization, Frenchification, Gaelicization, Gallicization, Gallification
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