Noun
a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings"

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

Verb
extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"

Verb
calculate the root of a number

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

Verb
draw or pull out, 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"

Verb
obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

Verb
separate (a metal) from an ore

Verb
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

Verb
get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

v. t.
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

v. t.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

v. t.
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

n.
That which is extracted or drawn out.

n.
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

n.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

n.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.

n.
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.

n.
Extraction; descent.

n.
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

Extract

The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.

Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious. 3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.

To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.

Extract

Ex"tract` , n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out. 2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. 3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark. 4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4. 5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.] 6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] South. 7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. Tomlins. Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

That which is extracted or drawn out.