Extract
To remove or take out something from a larger whole; to obtain a substance from a mixture; to obtain information from a source.
verbExtract
To remove or take out something from a larger whole; to obtain a substance from a mixture; to obtain information from a source.
verbImagine This
Picture a scientist in a lab dissolving a sample and then carefully pulling a pure strand of DNA out from a tangled mixture.
Sounds Like
ek-STRakt
Looks Like
Ex- + tract; visually resembles two parts: ex- (out) and tract (pull/draw).
Remember This
The root tract is about drawing or pulling; ex- means out, so extract literally means to draw out.
Other Forms
Connect With
withdraw, pull out, derive, obtain, educe, excerpt
Note
Used for physically removing something (a tooth), chemically separating a component from a mixture, or obtaining information from a text or data source. Distinguish from similar verbs like 'withdraw' in financial contexts.