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Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular..

Continued :: Continued (p. p. & a.) Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story..

Short :: Short (superl.) Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.

Long :: Long (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..

Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.

Overspin :: Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

Protracted :: Protracted (imp. & p. p.) of Protrac.

Protractile :: Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..

Interminable :: Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings..

Continuous :: Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity..

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