|
|
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
ihk
straekt
|
| inflections: |
extracts, extracting, extracted |
| definition 1: |
to remove or take out by use of force.
The dentist extracted his tooth.- synonyms:
- wrench, wrest, yank
- antonyms:
- bury, insert
- similar words:
- extricate, jerk, mine, pluck, pull, remove
|
| definition 2: |
to obtain with effort.
The police extracted a confession from him.- synonyms:
- exact, pry, wrest, wring
- similar words:
- educe, elicit, force, pull, wrench
|
| definition 3: |
to separate or draw out (juice from a fruit, metal from an ore, or the like) by pressure, distillation, or chemical action.
The machine extracts the juice from the lemons.- synonyms:
- distill, separate
- similar words:
- abstract, crush, isolate, juice, press, purify, squeeze, wring
|
| definition 4: |
to excerpt from some piece of writing.
The teacher extracted an important paragraph from the book and read it to the class.- synonyms:
- cite, excerpt, quote from
- similar words:
- cull, derive, distill, paraphrase, refer to
|
| definition 5: |
to derive (satisfaction, comfort, or the like), usu. from some event or circumstance.
She had to admit that she extracted some pleasure from her seeing her sister get in trouble.- synonyms:
- derive, get, take
- similar words:
- borrow, experience
|
| definition 6: |
in mathematics, to calculate (the root of a number).
- similar words:
- derive
|
| related words: |
blackmail, draw, exact, pick, process, sap, strain, tap, withdraw |
(v.)extract
+ noun
amount,
blood,
bone,
bullet,
cell,
chemical,
cigarette,
coal,
component,
compound,
concession,
confession,
core,
cup,
data,
embryo,
energy,
essence,
fiber,
flavor,
fossil,
fuel,
gas,
gold,
hydrogen,
information,
liquid,
material,
meaning,
mineral,
nutrient,
ore,
oxygen,
plutonium,
profit,
promise,
quantity,
rent,
resource,
revenue,
salt,
sample,
soil,
stem,
tissue,
toll,
torture,
uranium
[See all][See only the most frequent]
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
ek
straekt
|
| definition 1: |
a condensation and concentration of a substance.
The coffee bread is flavored with almond extract.- synonyms:
- concentrate, distillate, essence, quintessence
- similar words:
- abstract, condensation
|
| definition 2: |
an excerpt from something written.
- synonyms:
- excerpt, passage
- similar words:
- citation, selection
|
| definition 3: |
something extracted.
- synonyms:
- core, distillate, element, essence, essential, quintessence, root
- similar words:
- concentrate, derivation
|
| related words: |
essence, liquor, part, passage |
adjective + (n.)extract
aged, green, herbal, liquid, orange, powdered, pure, standardized
verb + (n.)extract
add, contain, soften, yeast
(n.)extract
+ verb
beat, blend, combine, cup, mix, prepare, stir, whip
noun + (n.)extract
almond,
coconut,
coffee,
compost,
cream,
dose,
drop,
egg,
enzyme,
flower,
food,
fruit,
garlic,
ginkgo,
grape,
juice,
leaf,
lemon,
milk,
oil,
peppermint,
plant,
potato,
powder,
root,
rum,
seed,
sugar,
syrup,
tablespoon,
tea,
teaspoon,
tomato,
vanilla,
yeast
[See all][See only the most frequent]
|
| derivations: |
extractable (adj.), extractible (adj.), extractability (n.), extractibility (n.) |
The word extract
contains the following parts:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exalt, exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exclusion, exhaust, exit, exorbitant, expatriate, expedition, expel, expensive, explicable, export, expurgate, extemporaneous, extract, inexplicable
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
tract
Latin
root
that means draw, pull
Example words:
abstract, attract, attraction, attractive, contract, detract, detractor, distract, distraction, extract, intractable, protract, protractor, retract, subtract, subtraction, tract, tractable, traction, tractor
|