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# extract

verb (extract, extracts, extracted, extracting); noun (an extract, extracts)

«extract» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To take or pull something out, often with effort: a tooth, juice, a metal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#m1)
2. (verb) To get information or money from someone who does not want to give it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#m2)
3. (noun) A short piece taken from a book, film or music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#m3)
4. (noun) A strong liquid taken from a plant or food, such as vanilla extract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#m4)

### In the lessons

In reading lessons, you read an «extract» from a novel and answer questions. In science: extract salt from sea water, extract juice from fruit, extract iron from ore. At the dentist: «have a tooth extracted». In cooking: vanilla extract.

### Examples

- Read the extract and answer the questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x1)
- The dentist had to extract my wobbly tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x2)
- We extracted salt from salty water by evaporation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x3)
- Add a few drops of vanilla extract to the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x4)
- The detective extracted the truth from the thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x5)
- Bees extract nectar from flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x6)
- This extract comes from a famous children's book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x7)
- He at once extracted the arrow, and anointed the wound with a salve, the virtue of which had been taught him by Chiron himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x8)

### Note

Stress: verb ex-TRACT, noun EX-tract. Noun: extraction (taking out). An extract is a part, not the whole — in comprehension tests, answer from the extract only.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «extract» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«extract» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/extract.html) on Mova free.