8 days ago · 1. a : to draw forth (as by research) extract data b : to pull or take out forcibly extracted a wisdom tooth c : to obtain by much effort from someone ...

to remove a substance from the ground or from another substance: In this area brown coal is extracted in open pits.

to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth. to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.)

to remove or take out something: extract something from something They used to extract iron ore from this site.

To extract a substance means to obtain it from something else, for example, by using industrial or chemical processes.

1. to remove (something) by pulling it out or cutting it out; He extracted a credit card from his wallet. I had to have a tooth extracted. The tumor was ...

When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole. You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract.

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective extracted. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

1. the act or process of extracting; specif., the extracting of a tooth by a dentist 2. origin; lineage; descent of Navajo extraction 3. a thing extracted; ...

Extraction is the action of removing something. For example, when the dentist yanks out your rotten tooth, the extraction is complete!