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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Extract \Ex"tract`\, n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out. [1913 Webster] 2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. [1913 Webster] 3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the {extractive principle}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster] 7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. --Tomlins. [1913 Webster] {Fluid extract} (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug. Extractable From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Extract \Ex*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extracting}.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, and cf. {Estreat}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. {Abstract}, v. t., 6. [1913 Webster] Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious. [1913 Webster] 3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book. [1913 Webster] I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods. --Swift. [1913 Webster] {To extract the root} (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: extract n 1: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) [syn: {infusion}, {extract}] 2: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: {excerpt}, {excerption}, {extract}, {selection}] v 1: 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" [syn: {extract}, {pull out}, {pull}, {pull up}, {take out}, {draw out}] 2: get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" 3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}] 4: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: {distill}, {extract}, {distil}] 5: separate (a metal) from an ore 6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: {press out}, {express}, {extract}] 7: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: {excerpt}, {extract}, {take out}] 8: calculate the root of a number