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# extract

«extract» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take or pull something out, often with effort: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To take or pull something out, often with effort: a tooth, juice, a metal. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x1)
- The dentist had to extract my wobbly tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x2)
- We extracted salt from salty water by evaporation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x3)
- Add a few drops of vanilla extract to the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x4)
- The detective extracted the truth from the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x5)
- Bees extract nectar from flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/#x6)
- This extract comes from a famous children's book. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extract» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extract/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.