Definition of extract | What does extract mean?
What is the definition of the word EXTRACT?
Here is a list of definitions for extract.
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
What are the verbs of the word EXTRACT?
Here is a list of definitions for extract.
- remove, 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"
- get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- calculate the root of a number
What are the synonyms of the word EXTRACT?
What is another word for EXTRACT?. Here is a list of synonyms for EXTRACT
Words beginning with EXTRACT?
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What words can be made with EXTRACT?
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In which dictionaries does the word extract exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes