protracts is a form of:
Protract
verb — past tense: protracted ; past participle: protracted ; present participle: protracting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To draw out in time; to draw; to scale, to lengthen; to draw out; to prolong) protract time ពន្យារ protract an angle ប្រើរ៉ាប់ព័រទ័រគូរមុម
Example: Let's not protract the debate any further. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បន្យារ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Tedious continuance or delay.
verb — past tense: protracted ; past participle: protracted ; present participle: protracting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- (TRANSITIVE) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
- 1.
- distend, distort, elongate, expand, extend, lengthen, spread, strain, stretch
- 1.
- contract, loosen, shrink, slacken, tighten