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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
extract
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extract a concession (=make someone give you one)
▪ The Indian government was able to extract concessions on the price of oil.
extract a confession (=get one with difficulty, or by using violence)
▪ Torture was sometimes used to extract confessions.
extract a tooth (=take it out)
▪ The dentist announced that she would have to extract two teeth.
extract oilformal (= to take oil out of an area)
▪ the difficult process of extracting the oil
yeast extract
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
benefit
▪ In extreme circumstances the customer or supplier may seek to use its strong position and extract personal benefits in return for giving its consent.
▪ They know the modern trick is to extract the maximum political benefit from the Games without appearing to politicize them.
data
▪ So far the demographic and market data contained in these records have not been fully extracted before the data are disposed of.
▪ This was reiterated from time to time by showing them pages from the field notes and extracts from the data.
▪ Being adept at the set conversation piece he managed to extract the relevant data without ever putting his knife in it.
information
▪ From him Méli, who was much more interested in eating his lobster, extracted a little information.
▪ If they were captured by the Border Security Forces, well, it was pretty hard to extract information from a camel.
▪ The wine mellowed the atmosphere between them, and Blanche felt less hurried than the week before to extract information from him.
▪ The fact that some one can extract meaningful information from network traffic is nothing new.
▪ Dealers, sometimes surreptitiously encouraged by their firms, would go to great lengths to extract information from employees of rival firms.
▪ A third feature becomes clear when we extract from the cosmogonies information which is relevant at this point.
▪ His fear is that he will be tortured to extract information about his brother.
▪ Somehow she has to try to extract the information she wants from the information she gets.
oil
▪ By extracting the oil too quickly, the engineer risks losing touch with the larger deposit and having to drill again.
▪ The adults extract oil from the sea-creatures they eat and then regurgitate it for their chicks.
promise
▪ Osterlind extracted a promise from Modi that he would stay sober.
tooth
▪ Sampling for mammal fossils often involves the patient sieving of great quantities of sediment to extract the fossil teeth.
▪ Two out of three dentists said they had extracted teeth that they might have filled before the contract was introduced.
▪ Dentists had no financial incentive to extract teeth, he said.
water
▪ For operations in the region of space from Earth out to the asteroid belt, we need only extract water.
▪ Only instead of extracting oxygen from water, they use rock.
▪ The first option is to extract water from subsurface permafrost and use that water directly in a nuclear or solar steam rocket.
▪ As a result it is much more difficult for toads to extract water from clay.
▪ The second option is to extract the water from ice-free minerals that contain water of hydration.
▪ However, the mass of equipment required on Mars to extract and process water may be greatly increased.
▪ We have seen how difficult it is to extract hydrogen and water from the Moon profitably.
■ VERB
manage
▪ Best of them is the young Robert Merrill, who at least manages to extract some expression from Germont's part.
▪ Yet he managed to extract the best from everybody; on that, all agreed whether they liked him or not.
▪ Being adept at the set conversation piece he managed to extract the relevant data without ever putting his knife in it.
try
▪ Somehow she has to try to extract the information she wants from the information she gets.
▪ One of our agents there says the Viet Cong were trying to extract too much protection money, and my husband refused.
▪ We have been trying to extract the figures from the Opposition.
▪ The monkeys were left to try to extract the food for themselves.
▪ Instead, they're being put in the hands of chemists trying to extract a cancer drug called Taxol.
▪ Once he had tried to extract so much from her, and not just details of the Tace affair.
▪ Dexter guessed immediately that the man was trying to extract an exclusive story on the investigation into the murder of Nicola Sharpe.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ 42 tons of gold were extracted at the mine in 1987.
▪ I'm having my wisdom teeth extracted.
▪ Police questioned the prisoner for several hours, but were unable to extract any further information.
▪ She had to have three teeth extracted.
▪ The bird uses its long beak to extract nectar from the flowers.
▪ The court ruled that her confession had been unlawfully extracted from her.
▪ The nuts are crushed in order to extract the oil from them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But those were relatively minor compared to a completely unexpected miracle of self-control circuits: their ability to extract precision from grossness.
▪ Glasses and ceramics extracted from the regolith may be used as structural materials, paving blocks, or windows.
▪ So far the demographic and market data contained in these records have not been fully extracted before the data are disposed of.
▪ The convoy of 12 ambulance wagons and vans was frustrated throughout the day in efforts to extract injured civilians.
▪ The wine mellowed the atmosphere between them, and Blanche felt less hurried than the week before to extract information from him.
▪ To extract each gram of water requires heating 2, 500 grams of regolith up to red heat.
▪ To extract the blood from the stone, the tax system has been changed in two ways since last summer.
▪ Yet the prospects of this constituency making a major political impact and extracting liberal reforms from the regime appear poor.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
above
▪ The above extracts and the documents from which they have been drawn, indicate a shift of emphasis.
following
▪ For example, the following extract comes from a discussion of rusting with a group of 5 and 6 year olds.
▪ The basis for the proposed introduction of a new estate and its nature are made clear in the following extracts.
▪ The following interview extract vividly illustrates the perceived difference, in the eyes of one senior manager in an acute unit.
▪ By way of comparison, the following extract highlights the use of reflexive critical interpretation in the analysis of the data.
▪ The following are extracts: I welcome you all here today.
nuclear
▪ To further substantiate these results, we pre-incubated the nuclear extract with a 500 molar excess of wild type or mutated oligonucleotides.
▪ Jun-Core is phosphorylated by a DNA-dependent kinase in HeLa nuclear extracts.
▪ Treatment of nuclear extracts with phosphatase results in a comparable increase in the mobility of the 43 kDa polypeptide and ATF1.
short
▪ We will now score a few short extracts chosen to illustrate various points of treatment.
▪ Here are three short extracts from Duncan Green's book Silent Revolution.
▪ There have even been short extracts from late-night adjournment debates.
■ NOUN
plant
▪ And there are still more plant extracts in the superb Purifying Plant Mask!
▪ Each preparation is a blend of fruit, flower, herb or plant extracts.
▪ Some have tried to appear natural by mixing these chemicals with plant extracts.
▪ So Clarins created Eye Contour Gel with plant extracts from camomile, cornflower, marigold, soothing mallow and astringent witch-hazel.
▪ The perm lotion is made with seven natural plant extracts and the neutraliser contains fragrant, conditioning oil of mint.
▪ Lesson 3 uses the example of sample preparation from a plant extract.
vanilla
▪ Stir in the eggs, vanilla extract, almond essence and butter until they are evenly combined.
▪ This treat he produced by mashing a sweet potato to pulp and adding sugar, vanilla extract, and evaporated milk.
▪ In a large bowl, combine eggs, milk, vanilla extract and salt until well blended.
▪ Add vanilla extract and beat until mixture thickens and loses its gloss.
yeast
▪ So much yeast is produced during fermentation that large amounts are sold to companies such as Marmite to be turned into yeast extract.
■ VERB
read
▪ Be Imaginative Read the extract below.
▪ To symbolise their commitment to work together in the future, they will read together an extract from the Swanwick Declaration.
▪ The demonstration's organisers read out extracts from recordings that had allegedly been made in the president's office.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ In the following extract, Jones presents the arguments in favour of nuclear power.
▪ The book contains previously unpublished material, including extracts from diaries, letters and taped interviews.
▪ vanilla extract
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he can't discuss what the extracts reveal.
▪ I think your subconscious decided to provide you with a sort of extract from the main story.
▪ The controversy has led other law enforcement agencies to take another look at the chile pepper extract.
▪ The wines of Bergères-les-Vertus are firm and fruity, with good extract and fine balance and well deserving of greater recognition.
▪ There's plenty of choice as cosmetics made with natural extracts abound.
▪ There are two other points in this extract, sentences 4 and 10, where adverbial clauses occur in sentence-initial position.
▪ This treat he produced by mashing a sweet potato to pulp and adding sugar, vanilla extract, and evaporated milk.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extract

Extract \Ex"tract`\, n.

  1. That which is extracted or drawn out.

  2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

  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.

  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.

  5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]

  6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.]
    --South.

  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.

    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.

Extract

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.

    The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
    --Milton.

  2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

    Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.

  3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

    I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.
    --Swift.

    To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
extract

late 15c., from Latin extractus, past participle of extrahere "draw out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Related: Extracted; extracting.

extract

mid-15c., "digest or summary of something which has been written at greater length," from Late Latin extractum, noun use of neuter of extractus, past participle of extrahere "to draw out" (see extract (v.)). Physical sense of "that which is extracted," especially "something drawn from a substance by distillation or other chemical process" is from 1580s.

Wiktionary
extract

n. 1 That which is extracted or drawn out. 2 A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation. 3 A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing 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. 4 A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. 5 (context obsolete English) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. 6 ancestry; descent. 7 A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution. vb. (context transitive English) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

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WordNet
extract

  1. v. draw or pull out, 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: pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out]

  2. get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two ne positions"

  3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, draw out]

  4. extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: distill, 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]

  7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn: excerpt, take out]

  8. calculate the root of a number

extract

  1. n. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) [syn: infusion]

  2. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: excerpt, selection]

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Wikipedia
Extract (film)

Extract is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, and Ben Affleck, with J. K. Simmons, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Dustin Milligan.

Said to be Judge's companion piece to his cult-classic Office Space, the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a minor commercial success, grossing a little over $10 million worldwide from an $8 million budget.

Extract

An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures or in powder form.

The aromatic principles of many spices, nuts, herbs, fruits, etc., and some flowers, are marketed as extracts, among the best known of true extracts being almond, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon, nutmeg, orange, peppermint, pistachio, rose, spearmint, vanilla, violet, and wintergreen.

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Usage examples of "extract".

For all wounds, bruises, sprains, bee-stings, insect and snake-bites, frost-bites, chilblains, caked breast, swollen glands, rheumatism, and, in short, for any and all ailments, whether afflicting man or beast, requiring a direct external application, either to allay inflammation or soothe pain, the Extract of Smart-weed cannot be excelled.

The simple truth evoked was, that while a committee of the house supposed that they were possessed of full and complete reports, they were supplied with only curt and crude extracts, calculated to place matters in the ministerial light, but not really affording the committee the opinions of those whose views they purported to be.

GENTLEMEN:--On the 15th day of this month, as I remember, a printed paper manuscript, with a few manuscript interlineations, called a protest, with your names appended thereto, and accompanied by another printed paper, purporting to be a proclamation by Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee, and also a manuscript paper, purporting to be extracts from the Code of Tennessee, were laid before me.

Injected subcutaneously these animal extracts are immediately assimilated and we are often able to stop, at once, the progress of disease and turn the tide towards recovery.

Willingly assenting to this, Heliobas read the extract over again, Alwyn taking down the words from his dictation.

Sitting by the piano equipped with his sketching pad, extracting mana from soft lead, he followed the bar exercises with swift eyes and was soon able to transfer the various positions to paper more pleasingly than the boys and girls, some of them members of the child ballet at the Stadttheater, could perform them at the bar.

Take up with a few drops of dilute hydrochloric acid, add baric hydrate in excess, evaporate, and extract with water.

Cooper mentions the symptoms of poisoning following the application of extract of belladonna to the scrotum.

After breakfast, Arthur volunteered to take Lady Bellamy round the garden, with the ulterior object of extracting some more information about Angela.

Then the gummy organic residue is dissolved in the combined benzene extracts.

The second principle which underlies all the most recent methods for extracting the grease from the wool, consists in treating the fibre with some solvent like benzol, carbon bisulphide, petroleum spirit, carbon tetrachloride, etc.

Vivian was probably sorry as well, for she had a slightly confused and preoccupied look--a look from which, even in the midst of his chagrin, Bernard extracted some entertainment.

An extract made from the crushed berries by boiling them down to a thick liquor, is, when spread on linen, a capital stimulating plaster for neuralgic or rheumatic parts.

It was rare and valuable in a pure state only because we had not as yet perfected a way of extracting beryllium cheaply.

When the last is present it is determined by fusing with bisulphate of potash and extracting with cold water.