protract

v. நீட்டு, நீளமாக்கு, காலங்கடத்து, நிலத்தின் திட்டப்படத்தை வீதக்குறிப்பு அளவுப்படி வரை.

Synonyms

prolong produce elongate defer extend lengthen continue draw_out

Antonyms

shorten abbreviate curtail contract reduce

Pro*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr. vb. n. Protracting.] Etym: [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. 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. Shak. 3. (Surv.) Defn: To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. 4. (Zoöl.) Defn: To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract. Pro*tract", n. Etym: [L. protractus.] Defn: Tedious continuance or delay. [Obs.] Spenser.

protract - Similar Words

protractor protracter protracted protractive protraction protractile precontract protactic prostrate retract