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What (who) is extract - definition
SUBSTANCE MADE BY EXTRACTING A PART OF A RAW MATERIAL
Plant extract; Lemon extract; Banana extract; Pineapple extract; Extracts; Fruit extracts; Herbal extracts; Extracting; Fluid extract; Fruit extract; Fruitextract; Herbal extract; Aqueous extract
extract
(extracted)
1.
To extract a substance means to obtain it from something else, for example by using industrial or chemical processes.
...the traditional method of pick and shovel to extract coal...
Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges, lemons, limes or grapefruit.
...looking at the differences in the extracted DNA.
VERB: V n, be V-ed from n, V-ed, also V n from n
• extraction
Petroleum engineers plan and manage the extraction of oil.
N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n
2.
If you extract something from a place, you take it out or pull it out.
He extracted a small notebook from his hip pocket...
Patterson went straight to the liquor cabinet and extracted a bottle of Scotch...
VERB: V n from n, V n
3.
When a dentist extracts a tooth, they remove it from the patient's mouth.
A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble...
She is to go and have a tooth extracted at 3 o'clock today.
VERB: V n, have n V-ed
• extraction (extractions)
In those days, dentistry was basic. Extractions were carried out without anaesthetic.
N-VAR
4.
If you say that someone extracts something, you disapprove of them because they take it for themselves to gain an advantage.
He sought to extract the maximum political advantage from the cut in interest rates...
VERB: V n from n [disapproval]
5.
If you extract information or a response from someone, you get it from them with difficulty, because they are unwilling to say or do what you want.
He made the mistake of trying to extract further information from our director...
VERB: V n from n
6.
If you extract a particular piece of information, you obtain it from a larger amount or source of information.
I've simply extracted a few figures...
Britain's trade figures can no longer be extracted from export-and-import documentation at ports.
VERB: V n, be V-ed from n, also V n from n
7.
If part of a book or text is extracted from a particular book, it is printed or published. (JOURNALISM)
This material has been extracted from 'Collins Good Wood Handbook'.
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed from n
8.
An extract from a book or piece of writing is a small part of it that is printed or published separately.
Read this extract from an information booklet about the work of an airline cabin crew.
= excerpt
N-COUNT: usu N from n
9.
An extract is a substance that has been obtained from something else, for example by means of a chemical or industrial process.
Blend in the lemon extract, lemon peel and walnuts.
N-MASS: oft n N
10.
see also yeast extract
extract
I. v. a.
1.
Draw out, pull out, take out.
2.
Derive (by chemical process).
3.
Select (from a literary work), cite, quote.
4.
(Math.) Determine or find (a root).
II. n.
1.
Quotation, citation, selection, excerpt, passage quoted.
2.
(Chem.) Inspissated infusion or decoction.
extract
I
n. lemon; vanilla extract
II
v. (D; tr.) to extract from (to extract information from smb.)
Wikipedia
Extract
An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form.
The aromatic principles of many spices, nuts, herbs, fruits, etc., and some flowers, are marketed as extracts, among the best known of true extracts being almond, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon, nutmeg, orange, peppermint, pistachio, rose, spearmint, vanilla, violet, rum, and wintergreen.
Examples of use of extract
1. Seaweed extract and jojoba oil mingle with saponaria extract and squalene.
2. Performance wise, Meghna did extract good calibre.
3. Therefore, he believes that he will be able to extract from Olmert what he has not been able to extract from Bar–On and Education Minister Yuli Tamir.
4. They will extract DNA samples and build a database.
5. Kambakhsh‘s left hand trying to extract a confession.