extract something from someone or something
- extract something from someone or something
extract something from someone or something
to remove something from someone or something; to make someone or a group give something. •
We extracted the juice from the oranges.
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The police questioning Maggie extracted the truth from her.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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extract — [ek strakt′, ikstrakt′; ] for n. [ eks′trakt΄] vt. [ME extracten < L extractus, pp. of extrahere, to draw out < ex , out + trahere, to DRAW] 1. to draw out by effort; pull out [to extract a tooth, to extract a promise from someone] 2. to… … English World dictionary
extract — ► 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
extract */*/ — 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… … English dictionary
extract — 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
extract — 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.… … English dictionary
extract — extractable, extractible, adj. extractability, extractibility, n. v. /ik strakt / or, esp. for 5, /ek strakt/; n. /ek strakt/, v.t. 1. to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth. 2. to deduce (a… … Universalium
extract — 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
extract — 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
extract — 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
extract — ex•tract v. [[t]ɪkˈstrækt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈɛk strækt[/t]] v. t. 1) to pull or draw out, usu. with special effort: to extract a tooth[/ex] 2) to draw forth; educe: to extract information[/ex] 3) to derive; obtain: extracted satisfaction from her… … From formal English to slang
extract — [ɪkˈstrækt] verb [T] I 1) to remove something from something else Syn: obtain a method of extracting sulphur from copper ore[/ex] 2) to get information from someone using force II noun extract [ˈekstrækt] 1) [C] a short piece of writing that is… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English