'extract' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'extract' with 11 example sentences.
- extract verb
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: remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
: get despite difficulties or obstacles
: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
: extract by the process of distillation
: separate (a metal) from an ore
: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
: calculate the root of a number
- extract noun
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: a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
: a passage selected from a larger work
Olive oil is extracted from olives.
She extracts beautiful colors from turmeric.
Your tooth must be extracted.
Several companies currently produce cosmetic products containing extracts of animal placenta.
DNA is extracted from a blood sample.
He extracted salt from seawater through crystallization.
How can I extract the audio from a video clip?
He extracted a passage from the poem.
Rubber is extracted from rubber trees.
They used to extract teeth.
I took a beetroot extract today.