extract

/'ekstrækt - iks'trækt/
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extract

The dentist will extract the patient's decayed tooth.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A passage taken from a larger text or work: An "extract" is a short section taken from a book, speech, or other written or recorded material.
    • A concentrated substance obtained from a material: An "extract" is a substance, often in liquid or powder form, that has been removed from another substance, typically to concentrate its flavor, scent, or active properties.

  2. Verb:

    • To remove or take out something, often with effort: To "extract" means to carefully remove or pull something out from where it is fixed or contained.
    • To obtain a substance from a material: To "extract" means to obtain a liquid, chemical, or other substance from another material through a process like pressing, distillation, or soaking.
    • To select and copy text or information: To "extract" means to take a specific piece of information or a section from a larger document or source.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The book includes an extract from the author's diary.
    • Vanilla extract is a common ingredient in baking.

  • Verb:

    • The dentist had to extract the damaged tooth.
    • This machine extracts juice from apples.
    • She extracted the key data from the lengthy report.
Advanced Usage

  • "To extract a promise/confession": To obtain a promise or confession from someone, often with persuasion or difficulty.

    • The negotiator managed to extract a promise of safe passage.

  • "To extract oneself from a situation": To remove or free oneself from a difficult or complicated circumstance.

    • He tried to extract himself from the awkward conversation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Extraction (n): The action or process of extracting something.
    • The extraction of natural resources.
  • Extractor (n): A device or person that extracts something.
    • A juice extractor.
  • Extractable (adj): Capable of being extracted.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Remove, pull out, draw out, derive, obtain, elicit.
  • Noun: Excerpt, passage, selection, concentrate, essence.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Extract" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The verb typically stands alone or is used with prepositions like "from.")

Related Idioms
  • "To extract the urine" (UK, informal/vulgar): To mock or tease someone.
    • He's just extracting the urine; don't take him seriously.
  • "To extract a pound of flesh": To insist on getting something that is owed, especially in a way that causes suffering to the debtor. (From Shakespeare's ).
    • The contract was so strict, it felt like they were trying to extract a pound of flesh.
extract

The dentist will extract the patient's decayed tooth.

Noun
  1. a passage selected from a larger work
    • he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
  2. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
Verb
  1. calculate the root of a number
  2. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
  3. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
    • Italians express coffee rather than filter it
  4. separate (a metal) from an ore
  5. extract by the process of distillation
    • distill the essence of this compound
  6. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
  7. get despite difficulties or obstacles
    • I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions
  8. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
    • pull weeds
    • extract a bad tooth
    • take out a splinter
    • extract information from the telegram

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