Word Meaning

Meaning of protract

- To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.
- To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
- To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
- To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
- Tedious continuance or delay.

Crossword clue for protract

- Keep going
- Make longer
- Outside labourers strengthen and stretch