¦ verb ?k'strakt, ?k-
1. remove, especially by effort or force.
obtain (money, information, etc.) from someone unwilling to give it.
2. obtain (a substance) from something by a special method.
3. select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction.
derive (an idea) from a situation or source.
4. Mathematics calculate (a root of a number).
¦ noun '?kstrakt
1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: vanilla extract.
Derivatives
extractability noun
extractable adjective
extractive adjective
Origin
ME: from L. extract-, extrahere 'draw out'.