extract

v. remove, take out; squeeze, press

n. substance obtained from a plant or other matter, essence; passage, excerpt, quotation (from a text)

An extract consists of a certain percentage of true essence, or its chemical imitation, in an alcoholic solution. Note: The information in this article is primarily from an old reference. Some of the names for chemical compounds and processes are a bit dated, and some of the techniques may have been superseded. However, the article is generally valid.The aromatic principles of many spices, nuts, herbs, fruits, etc., and some flowers, are thus marketed, among the best known of true extracts being almond, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon, nutmeg, orange, peppermint, pistachio, rose, spearmint, vanilla, violet, and wintergreen.
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Noun
1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
(synonym) infusion
(hypernym) solution
(hyponym) beef tea, Bovril
(derivation) press out, express
2. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
(synonym) excerpt, selection
(hypernym) passage
(hyponym) Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah
(derivation) excerpt, take out
Verb
1. draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
(synonym) pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) wring out, squeeze out
(verb-group) draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
(derivation) extraction
2. get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"
(hypernym) obtain
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
(synonym) educe, evoke, elicit, draw out
(hypernym) interpret, construe, see
4. extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
(synonym) distill, distil
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) moonshine
(verb-group) distill, distil
(derivation) extraction
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
5. separate (a metal) from an ore
(hypernym) separate
(derivation) extraction
(classification) mining, excavation
6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
(synonym) press out, express
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) ream
(derivation) infusion
7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
(synonym) excerpt, take out
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(derivation) excerpt, selection
8. calculate the root of a number
(hypernym) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
(classification) mathematics, math, maths

n. extract, excerpt; essence

(v. t.)
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
  

(v. t.)
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
  

(v. t.)
To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
  

(n.)
That which is extracted or drawn out.
  

(n.)
Extraction; descent.
  

(n.)
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
  

(n.)
A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
  

(n.)
A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
  

(n.)
A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
  

(n.)
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.