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..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..
Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.
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.
Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction..
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..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An adjustable pattern used by tailors.