1. a substance obtained by extracting or concentrating the essential part of something, especially a liquid preparation made from a plant or food
2. a short passage or quotation taken from a book, speech, or other text

1. to remove or take out something from a place or substance
2. to obtain or derive something from a source, such as information or a quotation

Examples

• Vanilla extracts are commonly used in baking and cooking.
• The dentist extracts teeth that are too damaged to repair.
• She extracts important information from research papers for her thesis.
• The book contains several extracts from famous speeches.
• The factory extracts oil from seeds using a special process.
• He extracts a promise from his friend to keep the secret.
• The article extracts data from multiple scientific studies.