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extraaxillary |
extrabranchial |
extracapsular |
extracellular |
extracellular fluid |
extract
| extractable
| extractible
| extractiform
| extraction
| extractive
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extract
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun extract has 2 senses
- extract(n = noun.substance) infusion - a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water); Array has particulars: beef tea, bovril, black catechu, catechu, pancreatin
- extract(n = noun.communication) excerpt, excerption, selection - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" is a kind of passage
is a kind of solution
Derived form verb extract6
has particulars: chrestomathy, analecta, analects, clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cut, track, citation, quotation, quote, haftarah, haftorah, haphtarah, haphtorah
Derived form verb extract7
Verb extract has 8 senses
- extract(v = verb.contact) draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, take out - 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" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- extract(v = verb.possession) Array - get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" is one way to obtain
- extract(v = verb.creation) draw out, educe, elicit, evoke - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" is one way to construe, interpret, see
- extract(v = verb.change) distil, distill - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" is one way to create, make
- extract(v = verb.contact) Array - separate (a metal) from an ore; Array is one way to separate
- extract(v = verb.contact) express, press out - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" is one way to acquire, get
- extract(v = verb.cognition) excerpt, take out - take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy; Array is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
- extract(v = verb.cognition) Array - calculate the root of a number; Array is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
Derived forms adjective extractible1, noun extraction3, noun extractor1
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Derived forms adjective extractible1, noun extraction1
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Derived forms noun extract1, adjective extractible1
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Derived form noun extract2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
extract, v. t. [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Estreat.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet." [1913 Webster] - To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract,
v. t. , 6. [1913 Webster]"Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious." [1913 Webster] - To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. [1913 Webster]"I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods." [1913 Webster]
extract, n.
- That which is extracted or drawn out. [1913 Webster]
- A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. [1913 Webster]
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] - A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the
extractive principle . [1913 Webster] - Extraction; descent. South. [1913 Webster]
- A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. Tomlins. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
extract, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 remove or take out, esp. by effort or force (anything firmly rooted).
2 obtain (money, an admission, etc.) with difficulty or against a person's will.
3 obtain (a natural resource) from the earth.
4 select or reproduce for quotation or performance (a passage of writing, music, etc.).
5 obtain (juice etc.) by suction, pressure, distillation, etc.
6 derive (pleasure etc.).
7 Math. find (the root of a number).
8 archaic deduce (a principle etc.).
--n.
1 a short passage taken from a book, piece of music, etc.; an excerpt.
2 a preparation containing the active principle of a substance in concentrated form (malt extract).
--v.tr.
1 remove or take out, esp. by effort or force (anything firmly rooted).
2 obtain (money, an admission, etc.) with difficulty or against a person's will.
3 obtain (a natural resource) from the earth.
4 select or reproduce for quotation or performance (a passage of writing, music, etc.).
5 obtain (juice etc.) by suction, pressure, distillation, etc.
6 derive (pleasure etc.).
7 Math. find (the root of a number).
8 archaic deduce (a principle etc.).
--n.
1 a short passage taken from a book, piece of music, etc.; an excerpt.
2 a preparation containing the active principle of a substance in concentrated form (malt extract).
Derivative
extractable adj. extractability n.
Etymology
L extrahere extract- (as EX-(1), trahere draw)
THESAURUS
extract
abate, abrade, abridge, abstract, ambergris, ambrosia, aromatic, aromatic gum, aromatic water, artifact, attar, attar of roses, avulse, balm, balm of Gilead, balsam, bate, bay oil, bergamot oil, bolt, brainchild, carve, champaca oil, child, chisel, choose, choose out, citation, cite, civet, clarify, clear, clipping, coinage, collect, composition, concentrate, concentration, conclude, concoction, condense, convert, copy, creation, creature, crowning achievement, cull, cultivate, curtail, cut out, cutting, decide between, decoction, decrassify, decrease, deduce, deduct, deliver, depreciate, depurate, deracinate, derive, derogate, detract, develop, dig out, dig up, diminish, disentangle, disparage, distill, distillate, distillation, drain, draw, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, draw forth, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eat away, edulcorate, effect, eke out, elicit, elixir, elute, end product, eradicate, erode, essence, essential oil, essentialize, evince, evoke, evolve, evulse, excavate, excerpt, excerption, excise, exsect, extort, extraction, extricate, fetch, file away, filter, filtrate, find, fixative, force out, free, fruit, garner, gather, get, get out, glean, gouge out, grow, grub up, handiwork, handpick, harvest, heliotrope, impair, induce, infer, infusion, invention, issue, jasmine oil, lavender oil, leach, lessen, liberate, lixiviate, machine, make a selection, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, milk, mill, mine, mintage, musk, myrcia oil, myrrh, new mintage, obtain, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, parfum, passage, percolate, perfume, perfumery, pick, pick out, pick up, pluck out, pluck up, process, product, production, pry, pull, pull out, pull up, pump, purification, purify, quarry, quintessence, quotation, quote, raise, rake out, ransom, rear, reason, reason that, recover, rectify, redeem, reduce, refine, refinement, release, remove, rescue, result, retrench, retrieve, rip out, root out, root up, rose oil, rub away, salvage, save, scent, scratch, screen, select, selected passage, selection, separate, set free, shorten, sieve, sift, single out, smelt, spirit, spiritualize, squeeze, strain, subduct, sublimate, sublime, subtract, take as proved, take away, take from, take out, tear, tear out, thin, thin out, try, unearth, unravel, uproot, volatile oil, wear away, weed, weed out, winkle out, winnow, withdraw, work, worm out, wrench, wrest, wrest out, wring, yankROGET THESAURUS
extract
Extraction
VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.
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