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Extract

ɪkˈstrakt

Extract definitions
verb
extract extracted extracting extracts
  1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force

    "the fossils are extracted from the chalk"

    take out draw out bring out pull out remove withdraw pluck out fish out prize out extricate
    • obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method

      "lead was extracted from the copper"

    • obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it

      "I won't let you go without trying to extract a promise from you"

    • select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction

      "the table is extracted from the report"

    • derive (an idea) from a body of information

      "there are few attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the disciplines"

  2. calculate (a root of a number)

    "early computers had an instruction to extract a square root"

noun
extract extracts
  1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music

    "an extract from a historical film"

  2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form

    "natural plant extracts"