Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

    to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger

    entnehmen, herausziehen, ziehen

    извлека́тьizvlekátʹ, извле́чьizvléčʹ

    витяга́тиvytjaháty, витя́гуватиvytjáhuvaty, ви́тягтиvýtjahty

  2. (transitive)To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

    to extract an essential oil from a plant

    entziehen

    extract by the process of distillation

  3. (transitive)To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of

    extract a passage from a text.

    extract a line from a song.

    take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

  4. (transitive)To select parts of a whole

    We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.

  5. (transitive)To determine (a root of a number).

    Please extract the cube root of 27.

    ziehen

    calculate the root of a number

Examples

106 sentences
  1. Should I have my tooth extracted?

  2. I had to get a molar extracted.

    ruМне надо было вытащить коренной зуб. — odexed

    deEin Backenzahn musste mir gezogen werden. — Dani6187

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  3. I've had three molars extracted.

    ruМне удалили три коренных зуба. — RusVictoric1993

  4. He extracted salt from seawater through crystallization.

    Він видобув сіль з морської води шляхом кристалізації. — artemlyubchenko

    ruОн извлекал соль из морской воды путем кристаллизации. — Monroe

    deEr extrahierte Salz aus Meerwasser durch Kristallisierung. — boscowitch

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  5. Oil is extracted from olives.

    Олія видавлена з оливок. — mutternoise

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to draw out:
Русский
By meaning 1
to draw out:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to draw out:
to withdraw in process:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“ou

Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“out of”) + trahō (“to drag”).

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Forms

extracts, extracting, extracted, extracted
Base formextract · to extract
3rd person singularextracts
Present participleextracting
Past simpleextracted
Past participleextracted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyextract
he, she, itextracts

Past simpleLesson

all personsextracted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave extracted
he, she, ithas extracted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill extract

Synonyms

17 synonyms
to draw out:outdraw
to take by selection:sunder out
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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