The meaning of Extract

adjective

Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Usage examples:

Abstract concepts such as love or beauty

verb

Consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).

Usage examples:

To abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism

noun

A summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech.

Usage examples:

An abstract of her speech

noun

The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.

Usage examples:

Topics will vary in degrees of abstraction

noun

An idea that develops by looking at or thinking about a number of different things

plural noun

A collection of short literary or philosophical extracts.

Usage examples:

The analects said ‘peace is vital,’ which reminds me all the time that co-operation with the staff …

noun

A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or infusing a substance, used for medicinal purposes.

Usage examples:

The quinoa is eaten boiled like rice, and has a very pleasant taste; and the water in which it has …

noun

A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.

Usage examples:

The majority of the citations are to work published during the past twenty years

noun

Law a citation is an official notice from a court of law

Usage examples:

[ c ] the court could issue a citation against her for disclosing information., [ c ] county police…

noun

A small piece trimmed from something.

Usage examples:

Hedge clippings and grass cuttings

verb

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips.

Usage examples:

She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings

verb

Cut short or trim (hair, vegetation, etc.) with shears or scissors.

Usage examples:

I was clipping the hedge

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

noun

A substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.

Usage examples:

Apple juice concentrate

noun

The action of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant.

Usage examples:

A decoction of a root

verb

Uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment.

Usage examples:

A predatory mining company that threatens to devour the land and deracinate the locals

noun

Something formed by distillation.

Usage examples:

Petroleum distillates

noun

A substance that is formed by distilling a liquid

noun

The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.

Usage examples:

The petroleum distillation process

noun

The process of heating a liquid until it becomes a gas, then making it liquid again by cooling

phrasal verb

Make more sociable

phrasal verb

To cause something to last longer than is usual or necessary

Usage examples:

The trial was drawn out because of the need to translate everything., she was good at drawing out y…

phrasal verb

To get money from a bank or an account so that you can use it

Usage examples:

The bank allows us to draw out £500 a week.

noun

A magical or medicinal potion.

Usage examples:

An elixir guaranteed to induce love

noun

A substance believed to cure all ills

noun

A substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something

Usage examples:

Elixir of life/youth it's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= som…

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Usage examples:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

noun

A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.

Usage examples:

She read out excerpts from an article in the times

verb

Take (a short extract) from a text.

Usage examples:

The notes are excerpted from his forthcoming biography

noun

A short part taken from a speech, book, etc.

Usage examples:

This article is excerpted from the full report.

verb

Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He was trying to extricate himself from official duties

verb

Release from entanglement or difficulty

verb

To catch more fish from a river, lake, sea, etc. than someone else

Usage examples:

All of us in the group did okay on the trip, but grant outfished us., the trawler captain was inten…

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something

Usage examples:

A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

adjective

Able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another.

Usage examples:

I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free

adverb

Without cost or payment.

Usage examples:

Ladies were admitted free

verb

Release from confinement or slavery.

Usage examples:

They were freed from jail

noun

The liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables.

Usage examples:

Add the juice of a lemon

verb

Extract the juice from (fruit or vegetables).

Usage examples:

Juice one orange at a time

noun

The liquid that comes from fruits and vegetables

Usage examples:

[ u ] orange/tomato juice, [ c ] fruit juices, i’ve fixed the wiring, so you can turn the juice bac…

noun

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock

verb

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.

Usage examples:

Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively

noun

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

verb

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

Usage examples:

The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun

Agricultural and other natural products collectively.

Usage examples:

Dairy produce

verb

Bring forth or yield

noun

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

Usage examples:

He was the quintessence of political professionalism

noun

The most typical example

Usage examples:

An american football game is the quintessence of machismo.

noun

A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.

Usage examples:

A quotation from mark twain

noun

A group of words from a book, play, speech, etc., that are repeated by someone who did not write them

Usage examples:

A quotation from shakespeare prefaces the novel., he called back to say the price quotes were "not …

noun

A statement of how much a job, service, or product will cost

Usage examples:

A quotation for sth you can request a quotation for professional indemnity insurance online., get/g…

verb

Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.

Usage examples:

An official confirmed the prisoners would be released

noun

The action or process of releasing or being released.

Usage examples:

A campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

noun

The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

Usage examples:

Such men decided the selection of candidates

noun

The act of choosing, or the person or thing chosen

Usage examples:

[ c ] they performed a mix of old hits and selections from their new cd., [ c ] that bookstore has …

noun

The process of choosing someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought

Usage examples:

The selection of sth/sb it is alleged that he tried to improperly influence the selection of a part…

noun

A small piece or brief extract.

Usage examples:

Snippets of information about the war

noun

A small bit or part of something

Usage examples:

I’ll watch snippets of baseball games, but i just don’t have that much time to sit and watch the wh…

noun

A means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation.

Usage examples:

There are no easy solutions to financial and marital problems

A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances

noun

A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.

Usage examples:

The remedies can be administered in form of tinctures

verb

Be tinged or imbued with a slight amount of.

Usage examples:

Arthur's affability was tinctured with faint sarcasm

noun

A medicine that consists of a mixture of alcohol and a small amount of a drug

Usage examples:

A/some tincture of iodine/myrrh

verb

Draw or pull out (a knife, sword, or similar weapon) from its sheath or covering.

Usage examples:

Alexei unsheathed the dagger

verb

Pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground.

Usage examples:

The elephant's trunk is powerful enough to uproot trees

verb

To pull a plant including its roots out of the ground

Usage examples:

He had been with the team six years and didn't wish to uproot his family to play in a different city.

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Usage examples:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…