transitive verb. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong.

transitive verb. To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.

transitive verb. To extend or protrude (a body part).

noun. A lengthening out; delay; putting off.

To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: now chiefly in the past participle.

To lengthen out in space; extend in general.

To delay; defer; put off to a distant time.

In surveying, to draw to a scale; lay down, by means of a scale and protractor, the lines and angles of, as a piece of land; plot.

In anatomy, to draw forward (a part or an organ); extend (a part) anteriorly; have the action or effect of a protractor upon.

noun. Tedious continuance or delay.

transitive verb. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong

transitive verb. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

transitive verb. To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

transitive verb. To extend; to protrude; ; -- opposed to retract.

verb. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

verb. To use a protractor.

verb. To draw or delineate.

verb. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

"With support from Pakistan, the Taliban has managed to protract the fighting and create a strategic deadlock."

protracted meeting  

lengthen  

extend  spin  spin out  temporise  temporize  

abstract  act  attacked  attract  backed  

adjourn  chatter  continue  dawdle  defer  

protracted  protracting  protracts