<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth.</li><li>to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.): He extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said.</li><li>to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source: He extracted satisfaction from the success of his sons.</li><li>to take or copy out (matter), as from a book.</li><li>to make excerpts from (a book, pamphlet, etc.).</li><li>to extort (information, money, etc.): to extract a secret from someone.</li><li>Synonyms: elicit, educe, evoke.</li><li>to separate or obtain (a juice, ingredient, etc.) from a mixture by pressure, distillation, treatment with solvents, or the like.</li><li>Synonyms: distill, withdraw.</li><li>Mathematics: to determine (the root of a quantity that has a single root).</li><li>to determine (a root of a quantity that has multiple roots).</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something extracted.</li><li>a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; excerpt; quotation.</li><li>Synonyms: selection, citation.</li><li>a solution or preparation containing the active principles of a drug, plant juice, or the like; concentrated solution: vanilla extract.</li><li>Synonyms: distillation, decoction.</li><li>a solid, viscid, or liquid substance extracted from a plant, drug, or the like, containing its essence in concentrated form: beef extract.</li></ul>