'Protract' definitions:
Definition of 'protract'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Protract'
From: GCIDE
- Protract \Pro*tract"\, n. [L. protractus.] Tedious continuance or delay. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Protract'
From: GCIDE
- Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr. vb. n. Protracting.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See Portrait, Portray.]
- 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protract'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjourn,
- chatter,
- continue,
- dawdle,
- defer,
- delay,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dwell on,
- elongate,
- extend,
- fill out,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- hold,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- keep,
- keep alive,
- keep going,
- keep up,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- lengthen,
- lengthen out,
- let out,
- linger on,
- maintain,
- never finish,
- pad,
- perorate,
- perpetuate,
- pigeonhole,
- postpone,
- preserve,
- procrastinate,
- produce,
- prolong,
- prolongate,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- pull,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- recess,
- reserve,
- retain,
- run out,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sleep on,
- speak at length,
- spin out,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- strain,
- stretch,
- stretch out,
- string out,
- suspend,
- sustain,
- table,
- take a recess,
- tauten,
- temporize,
- tense,
- tighten,
- waive