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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.
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.
An extract is a substance that has been obtained from something else, for example by means of a chemical or industrial process.
When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole. You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract.
a solid, viscid, or liquid substance containing the essence or active substance of a food, plant, or drug in concentrated form: beef extract; vanilla extract.
EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
EXTRACT meaning: 1 : to remove (something) by pulling it out or cutting it out; 2 : to get (information, a response, etc.) from someone who does not want to give it
extract something (from something) to remove or obtain a substance from something, for example by using an industrial or a chemical process. a machine that extracts excess moisture from the air. The Egyptians used a primitive form of distillation to extract the essential oils from plants.
Definition of extract noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
