EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.

Extract forms a kind of mirror image of abstract: more common as a verb, but also used as a noun and adjective. The adjective, meaning “derived or descended,” is now obsolete, as is a sense of the noun …

10. a solid, viscid, or liquid substance containing the essence or active substance of a food, plant, or drug in concentrated form: beef extract; vanilla extract.

An extract (essence) is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures or absolutes or dried and powdered.

To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like: to extract a confession by torture. To exact is to impose a penalty, or to obtain by force or authority, something to which one …

EXTRACT meaning: 1 : to remove (something) by pulling it out or cutting it out; 2 : to get (information, a response, etc.) from someone who does not want to give it

Dec 14, 2025 · 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.

There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun extract, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

An extract from a book or piece of writing is a small part of it that is printed or published separately.

"Extract" generally refers to removing or obtaining something from a source, while "excerpt" specifically means to take a short passage from a text. Therefore, you extract information or minerals, but you …