noun🔗ShareSomething that is extracted or drawn out."The cookbook includes recipes using fruit extracts for flavoring desserts. "substancechemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation."The student included relevant extracts from the original study in her research paper to support her claims. "literaturewritinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue"extract of beef"substancechemistrymedicinefooddrinkplantmaterialprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained"quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark."substancechemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract)."The label on the cough syrup says it contains extracts of elderberry and honey. "medicinesubstanceplantchemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts."Old chemistry books often refer to "extracts" as the fundamental building blocks of plant-based medicines, a theory now considered outdated. "chemistrysubstancevegetabletheorysciencehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAncestry; descent."Her family history project traces her extracts back five generations, revealing a diverse tapestry of European ancestors. "familyhistoryraceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution."The lawyer prepared extracts of the court records to prove the debt was legally binding. "writinglawgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc."to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger"actionprocesstechnicalscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb)."to extract an essential oil from a plant"chemistryprocesssciencetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book."The teacher extracts key sentences from the novel to help the students understand the main themes. "languageliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo select parts of a whole"We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat."partprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo determine (a root of a number)."Please extract the cube root of 27."mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
