English

Etymology
From Latin extractum, past participle of extrahere.

Pronunciation
(noun): �ks'tr�kt, /��kstrækt/, /<tt>"Ekstr{kt</tt>/
(verb): ĭkstr�kt', /ɪks�trækt/, /<tt>Iks"tr{kt</tt>/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ækt|-ækt

Noun
en-noun

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 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. A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
6. Extraction; descent.
7. A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

Translations
trans-top|something extracted
Finnish: ote, katkelma
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trans-top|a portion of a document
Finnish: ote, katkelma
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trans-top|solution made by drawing out from a substance
Finnish: uutos
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trans-top|a solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug
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trans-top|a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts
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trans-top|extraction, descent
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trans-top|a draught or copy of writing
Finnish: ote, katkelma
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ttbc|Spanish: extracto m, pasaje m, fragmento m

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
3. transitive To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
4. context|transitive|arithmetic To determine (a root of a number).

#:Please extract the third root of 27.

Translations
trans-top|to draw out
Finnish: vetää ulos
French: extraire
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Hebrew: ���ץ (l'ḥ�lets), �עק�ר (l'ʿ�kor)
Italian: cavare
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trans-top|to withdraw in process
Finnish: uuttaa
French: extraire
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Hebrew: ��צ�ת (l'm�tsot)
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trans-top|to take by selection
Finnish: poimia
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trans-top|to determine
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ttbc|Spanish: extraer, sacar

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Category:English heteronyms

ar:extract
fa:extract
fr:extract
io:extract
id:extract
it:extract
nl:extract
ru:extract
simple:extract
fi:extract
ta:extract
te:extract
vi:extract
tr:extract
uk:extract
zh:extract

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