Tract

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  • noun. A leaflet or pamphlet containing a declaration or appeal, especially one put out by a religious or political group.
  • noun. The verses from Scripture sung after the gradual in the Roman Catholic Mass during penitential seasons such as Lent or as part of a Requiem.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An expanse of land or water.
  • noun. A specified or limited area of land.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A system of organs and tissues that together perform a specialized function.
  • noun. A bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin, termination, and function.
  • noun. A stretch or lapse of time.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw; draw out; protract; waste.
  • To trace; track; follow.
  • To handle; treat.
  • Hence To discourse or treat of; describe; delineate.
  • noun. Track; footprint.
  • noun. A short treatise, discourse, or dissertation; especially, a brief printed treatise or discourse on some topic of practical religion.
  • noun. In the Roman and some other Western liturgies, an anthem consisting of verses from Scripture (generally from the Psalms), sung instead of the Alleluia after the gradual, or instead of the gradual, from Septuagesima till Easter eve: so called from being sung ‘continuously’ (tractim) by the cantor without interruption of other voices. Also tractus.
  • noun. Extent; a continued passage or duration; process; lapse: used chiefly in the phrase tract of time.
  • noun. Course or route; track; way.
  • noun. Course or movement; action.
  • noun. Attractive influence; attraction; charm.
  • noun. Extent; expanse; hence, a region of indefinite extent; a more or less extended area or stretch of land or water: as, a tract of woodland.
  • noun. Trait; lineament; feature.
  • noun. In anatomy, an area or expanse; the extension of an organ or a system: as, the digestive or alimentary tract; the optic tract. Also called tractus (which see).
  • noun. In ornithology, a pteryla, or feathered place: distinguished from space.
  • noun. In heraldry, same as tressure.
  • noun. The air-passages collectively.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
  • noun. See Tractarian.
  • transitive verb. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
  • noun. Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
  • noun. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area.
  • noun. Traits; features; lineaments.
  • noun. The footprint of a wild beast.
  • noun. Track; trace.
  • noun. Treatment; exposition.
  • noun. Continuity or extension of anything.
  • noun. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
  • noun. Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To pursue, follow; to track.
  • verb. To draw out; to protract.
  • noun. An area or expanse of land.
  • noun. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  • noun. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  • noun. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject of interest.
  • noun. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  • noun. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an extended area of land
  • noun. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
  • noun. a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
  • noun. a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    treatise  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstract  act  attacked  attract  backed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acre  expanse  island  lake  landscape  
    Synonym
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    acreage  amplitude  are  area  area  
    verb-form
    tracting  tracts