Protract

Definition:

• (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.
• (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
• (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
• (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
• (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Compare protract with other words:

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procrastinate vs. protract

proliferate vs. protract

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mobile vs. protract

protract vs. protractile

prolong vs. protract

delineate vs. protract

draw vs. protract

duration vs. protract

extend vs. protract

protract vs. protractor

protract vs. protraction

prorogue vs. protract

continuous vs. protract

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