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verb
- 1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force: "the fossils are extracted from the chalk" Similar Opposite
- 2. calculate (a root of a number): "early computers had an instruction to extract a square root"
noun
- 1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music: "an extract from a historical film" Similar
- 2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: "natural plant extracts" Similar
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1. a. : to draw forth (as by research) extract data. b. : to pull or take out forcibly. extracted a wisdom tooth. c. : to obtain by much effort from someone unwilling. extracted a confession. 2. a. : to withdraw (something, such as a juice or a constituent element) by physical or chemical process. b.
EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
Extract definition: to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force. See examples of EXTRACT used in a sentence.
EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
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.
1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter. 2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise. 3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation. 4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt. 5.
EXTRACT definition: 1. to take something out, especially using force: 2. to get the money, information, etc that you…. Learn more.