extract

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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