Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a.
Prolonged; continued.
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Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many
successive days. [U. S.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to
protract a decision or duty. --Shak.
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3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and
angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
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4. (Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract
its claws; -- opposed to retract.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
protracted
adj : relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a
drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a
lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and
bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: drawn-out,
extended, lengthy, prolonged]
WordNet (r) 2.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "protracted":
de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out,
drawn-out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out,
interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering,
long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending,
long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon,
never-ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged,
pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched,
stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense,
tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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