extract
[ verb ik-strakt or especially for 5, ek-strakt; noun ek-strakt ]
/ verb ɪkˈstrækt or especially for 5, ˈɛk strækt; noun ˈɛk strækt /
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of extract
SYNONYMS FOR extract
1 pry out.
6
evoke,
educe, draw out,
elicit.
Extract,
exact,
extort,
wrest imply using force to remove something. To
extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like:
to extract a confession by torture. To
exact is to impose a penalty, or to obtain by force or authority, something to which one lays claim:
to exact payment. To
extort is to wring something by intimidation or threats from an unwilling person:
to extort money by threats of blackmail. To
wrest is to take by force or violence in spite of active resistance:
The courageous minority wrested power from their oppressors.
7 withdraw, distill.
10 citation, selection.
11 decoction, distillation.
OTHER WORDS FROM extract
Words nearby extract
British Dictionary definitions for extractability
extract
verb (ɪkˈstrækt) (tr)
noun (ˈɛkstrækt)
Derived forms of extract
extractable, adjective extractability, nounWord Origin for extract
C15: from Latin
extractus drawn forth, from
extrahere, from
trahere to drag
usage for extract
Extract is sometimes wrongly used where
extricate would be better:
he will find it difficult extricating (not
extracting)
himself from this situation
Medical definitions for extractability
extract
[ ĭk-străkt′ ]
v.
To draw or pull out, using force or effort.
To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
To determine or calculate the root of a number.
n.
A concentrated preparation of a drug obtained by removing the active constituents of the drug with suitable solvents, evaporating all or nearly all of the solvent, and adjusting the residual mass or powder to the prescribed standard.
A preparation of the essential constituents of a food or a flavoring; a concentrate.