OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14286

extract

/ˈɛkstɹækt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extracto
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
extracto • fragmento • pasaje
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.
extracto
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
extract of beef
vanilla extract
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 14287

extract

/ˈɛkstɹækt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extraer • sacar
To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
The bee / Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger