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Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“out of”) + trahō (“to drag”).

Something that is extracted or drawn out.
A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation). I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue vanilla extract
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
obsolete A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
Ancestry; descent.
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

transitive To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc. to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger
transitive To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb). to extract an essential oil from a plant
transitive To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of extract a passage from a text.
transitive To select parts of a whole We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.
transitive To determine (a root of a number). Please extract the cube root of 27.