Dictionary Entry
protract
protract is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.
- 2transitive verb
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
- 3transitive verb
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
- 4transitive verb
To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
- 5noun
Tedious continuance or delay.
- 6verb
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
"We prolonged our stay"
"She extended her visit by another day"
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