EXTRACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extract mean? 

• EXTRACT (noun)
  The noun EXTRACT has 2 senses:

1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

2. a passage selected from a larger work

  Familiarity information: EXTRACT used as a noun is rare.

• EXTRACT (verb)
  The verb EXTRACT has 8 senses:

1. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

2. get despite difficulties or obstacles

3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

4. extract by the process of distillation

5. separate (a metal) from an ore

6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

8. calculate the root of a number

  Familiarity information: EXTRACT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTRACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

extract; infusion

Hypernyms ("extract" is a kind of...):

solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extract"):

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)

pancreatin (extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions)

Derivation:

extract (obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A passage selected from a larger work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection

Context example:

he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings

Hypernyms ("extract" is a kind of...):

passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extract"):

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; cutting; newspaper clipping; press clipping; press cutting (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine)

cut; track (a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc)

citation; quotation; quote (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

Instance hyponyms:

Haftarah; Haftorah; Haphtarah; Haphtorah (a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah)

Derivation:

extract (take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy)

• EXTRACT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they extract ... he / she / it extracts
Past simple: extracted   
Past participle: extracted   
-ing form: extracting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out

Context example:

extract information from the telegram

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extract"):

squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)

demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)

thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

extractible (capable of being extracted)

extraction (the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force))

extractor (an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get despite difficulties or obstacles

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

draw out; educe; elicit; evoke; extract

Context example:

We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Extract by the process of distillation

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

distil; distill; extract

Context example:

distill the essence of this compound

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

distil; distill (undergo the process of distillation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extract"):

moonshine (distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extractible (capable of being extracted)

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Separate (a metal) from an ore

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Domain category:

excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extractible (capable of being extracted)

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

express; extract; press out

Context example:

Italians express coffee rather than filter it

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extract"):

ream (squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

extractible (capable of being extracted)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

excerpt; extract; take out

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

extract (a passage selected from a larger work)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Calculate the root of a number

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "extract" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

A dietary supplement containing extract from the medicinal fungus Antrodia cinnamomea with potential antiangiogenic, hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities.

(Antrodia cinnamomea Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, Angelica sinensis extract has been shown to inhibit the growth and induce apoptosis of glioblastoma mutltiforme brain tumor cells through p53-dependent and p53-independent pathways.

(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the seeds of Angelica archangelica.

(Angelica Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally active aqueous extract derived from the plant Scutellaria barbata with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Apoptosis Inducer BZL101, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the kernels of Argania spinosa.

(Argan Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Tumor cells extracted from blood sample are modified with hapten, a process that makes the cells appear foreign to the patient's body and results in stimulating immune response against the cancer.

(Autologous-Cell Leukemia Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Ashwagandha root powder extract contains numerous alkaloids, including withanine as the primary alkaloid, and steroidal lactone withanolides.

(Ashwagandha Root Powder Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the roots of Angelica archangelica.

(Angelica Root Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read great books and make extracts.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Hydroxyl would therefore have to be extracted from minerals in order to be used.

(On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile, NASA)