Extract

  • 11Extract — Extract, lat., Auszug, in der Pharmacie Pflanzensäfte, die durch Abdampfen eingedickt sind …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 12extract — ► VERB 1) remove with care or effort. 2) obtain (money, information, etc.) from someone unwilling to give it. 3) obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method. 4) select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13extract — A supplementary license or certificate issued by a competent authority for part of the quantity authorised by an existing license or certificate. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary * * * ▪ I. extract ex‧tract 1 [ɪkˈstrækt] verb [transitive] 1.… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 14extract */*/ — I UK [ɪkˈstrækt] / US [ɪkˈstrækt] verb [transitive] Word forms extract : present tense I/you/we/they extract he/she/it extracts present participle extracting past tense extracted past participle extracted 1) formal to remove something from a… …

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  • 15extract — extracts, extracting, extracted (The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪkstræ̱kt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]e̱kstrækt[/t]].) 1) VERB To extract a substance means to obtain it from something else, for example by using industrial or chemical processes.… …

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  • 16extract — 01. My tooth was totally decayed, so my dentist decided to [extract] it. 02. Citric acid which is [extracted] from fruits such as oranges and lemons can be used to make powerful cleaning products. 03. Emily is working on a research project… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 17extract — ex|tract1 [ıkˈstrækt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of extrahere, from trahere to pull ] 1.) formal to remove an object from somewhere, especially with difficulty ▪ You ll have to have that tooth extracted . extract… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18extract — ex|tract1 [ ık strækt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) FORMAL to remove something from a particular place: TAKE OUT: He opened a drawer and extracted a file. a ) to remove a substance from another substance: The pulp was crushed to extract the juice.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19extract — 1 verb (T) 1 to remove an object from somewhere, especially by pulling it: You ll have to have that wisdom tooth extracted. | extract sth from sth: Prue managed to extract the stopper from the bottle. 2 to carefully remove a substance from… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20extract — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 passage from a book/piece of music ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ long VERB + EXTRACT ▪ read (esp. BrE) ▪ p …

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