Definition of protract

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Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

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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..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..
Protracted :: Protracted (a.) Prolonged; continued.
Interminable :: Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..
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..
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.
Diagraph :: Diagraph (n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..
Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease..
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..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.
Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.
Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..
Protracting :: Protracting (p. pr. vb. n.) of Protrac.
Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..
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