Extract Common Definition Functionality

Extract forms a kind of mirror image of abstract: More common as a verb, but also used as a noun and adjective. See examples of extract used in a sentence.

2 days agonoun extract (plural extracts) something that is extracted or drawn out. To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like: To extract a confession by torture.

Definition of extract verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. An extract from a book or piece of writing is a small part of it that is printed or published separately. When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole.

You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract.