infusion, extract (noun)

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

excerpt, excerption, extract, selection (verb)

a passage selected from a larger work

"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out (verb)

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"

extract (verb)

get despite difficulties or obstacles

"I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"

educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out (verb)

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

distill, extract, distil (verb)

extract by the process of distillation

"distill the essence of this compound"

extract (verb)

separate (a metal) from an ore

press out, express, extract (verb)

obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

"Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

excerpt, extract, take out (verb)

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

extract (verb)

calculate the root of a number

extract (Noun)

That which is extracted or drawn out.

extract (Noun)

A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.

extract (Noun)

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.

extract (Noun)

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract.

extract (Noun)

A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.

extract (Noun)

Ancestry; descent.

extract (Noun)

A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

extract (Verb)

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.

extract (Verb)

To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Compare abstract, transitive verb.

extract (Verb)

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

extract (Verb)

To determine (a root of a number).

Extract

An extract 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, absolutes 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, rum, and wintergreen.