extract

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To remove or pull something out, often with effort or force.

   The dentist had to extract one of her back teeth.

2. 2
   verb

   To get information, a promise, or money from someone with difficulty.

   The detective finally extracted a confession from the suspect.

3. 3
   verb

   To take out a useful substance from a plant or material by a chemical or mechanical process.

   Oil is extracted from the seeds by pressing them.

4. 4
   noun

   A short part taken from a book, film, or piece of music.

   The teacher read an extract from a famous novel.

5. 5
   noun

   A concentrated substance taken from a plant or food, used for flavour or its key qualities.

   Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the cake mixture.

Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“out of”) + trahō (“to drag”).

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