Extract vs. Quarry

Extractnoun

Something that is extracted or drawn out.

Extractnoun

A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.

Extractnoun

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue

Extractnoun

Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained

Extractnoun

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).

Extractnoun

(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.

Extractnoun

Ancestry; descent.

Extractnoun

A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

Extractverb

(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

Extractverb

(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).

Extractverb

(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extractverb

(transitive) To select parts of a whole

Extractverb

To determine (a root of a number).

Extractverb

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

Extractverb

To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

Extractverb

To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

Extractnoun

That which is extracted or drawn out.

Extractnoun

A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

Extractnoun

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

Extractnoun

A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; - distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.

Extractnoun

A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; - called also the extractive principle.

Extractnoun

Extraction; descent.

Extractnoun

A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.

Extractnoun

a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

Extractnoun

a passage selected from a larger work;

Extractverb

draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Extractverb

get despite difficulties or obstacles;

Extractverb

deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);

Extractverb

extract by the process of distillation;

Extractverb

separate (a metal) from an ore

Extractverb

obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action;

Extractverb

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Extractverb

calculate the root of a number

Extractverb

remove or take out, especially by effort or force

Extractverb

obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method

Extractverb

obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it

Extractverb

select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction

Extractverb

derive (an idea) from a body of information

Extractverb

calculate (a root of a number)

Extractnoun

a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music

Extractnoun

a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form

Extract

An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form.

Quarrynoun

(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

Quarrynoun

A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

Quarrynoun

(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

Quarrynoun

(countable) An object of search or pursuit.

Quarrynoun

A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

Quarryverb

(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

Quarryverb

To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

Quarryverb

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Quarrynoun

Same as 1st Quarrel.

Quarrynoun

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

Quarrynoun

The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

Quarrynoun

A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).

Quarryadjective

Quadrate; square.

Quarryverb

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Quarryverb

To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

Quarrynoun

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

Quarrynoun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

Quarrynoun

animal hunted or caught for food

Quarryverb

extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;

Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact.The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.