extract

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“out of”) +‎ trahō (“to drag”). === Pronunciation === (noun): enPR: ĕk'străkt, IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɹækt/ (verb): enPR: ĭkstrăkt', IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹækt/, IPA(key): /ɛkˈstɹækt/ Rhymes: -ækt === Noun === extract (plural extracts) Something that is extracted or drawn out. A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue vanilla extract Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract). (obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts. Ancestry; descent. A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution. ==== Synonyms ==== (that which is extracted): extraction; See also Thesaurus:decrement (principle): extractive principle (ancestry, descent): origin, extraction ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tincture === Verb === extract (third-person singular simple present extracts, present participle extracting, simple past extracted, past participle extracted or (archaic) extraught) (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc. (transitive) To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb). (transitive) To choose out; to cite or quote, for example a passage from a text. (transitive) To select parts of a whole (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number). ==== Synonyms ==== (to draw out): outdraw (to take by selection): sunder out ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch extract, from Latin extractum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈstrɑkt/ Hyphenation: ex‧tract Rhymes: -ɑkt === Noun === extract n (plural extracten, no diminutive) extract, decoction Synonym: aftreksel (obsolete) abridgement of a text Synonym: uittreksel ==== Derived terms ==== plantenextract thee-extract ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: ekstrak == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin extractus. === Noun === extract n (plural extracte) extract ==== Declension ====