Meaning of extract | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that is extracted or drawn out
2. Something that is extracted or drawn out.
3. A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation)
4. A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
5. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
6. Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
7. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
8. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract)
9. A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
   obsolete
10. Ancestry; descent.
11. A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

Equivalents

Examples

“I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.”

“vanilla extract”

“extract of beef”

“extract of dandelion”

“quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.”

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