extract
verb/ɪkˈstrækt/
/ɪkˈstrækt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extract | /ɪkˈstrækt/ /ɪkˈstrækt/ |
| he / she / it extracts | /ɪkˈstrækts/ /ɪkˈstrækts/ |
| past simple extracted | /ɪkˈstræktɪd/ /ɪkˈstræktɪd/ |
| past participle extracted | /ɪkˈstræktɪd/ /ɪkˈstræktɪd/ |
| -ing form extracting | /ɪkˈstræktɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstræktɪŋ/ |
- 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.
- Animals take in food and extract nutrients from it.
- extract something (from somebody/something) to obtain information, money, etc., often by taking it from somebody who is unwilling to give it
- Journalists managed to extract all kinds of information about her private life.
- extract something (from something) to choose information, etc. from a book, a computer, etc. to be used for a particular purpose
- This article is extracted from his new book.
- extract something (from somebody/something) (formal or specialist) to take or pull something out, especially when this needs force or effort
- The dentist may decide that the wisdom teeth need to be extracted.
- He rifled through his briefcase and extracted a file.
- I tried extracting the rusty nails with a claw hammer.
- extract something (from something) (formal) to get a particular feeling or quality from a situation synonym derive
- They are unlikely to extract much benefit from the trip.
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’.
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