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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of extrahere, from trahere 'to pull' |
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ex‧tract1
[transitive]
[transitive]1 formal to remove an object from somewhere, especially with difficulty :
2 to carefully remove a substance from something which contains it, using a machine, chemical process etc
extract something from something 
Oils are extracted from the plants.
Oils are extracted from the plants.3 to get something which you want from someone, such as information, money, help etc, especially when they do not want to give it to you
4 to take information or a short piece of writing from a book : We need to extract the relevant financial data.
We need to extract the relevant financial data.5 to get an advantage or good thing from a situation
extract something from something They aim to extract the maximum political benefit from the Games.
They aim to extract the maximum political benefit from the Games.
