protract – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
protract
v.
prolong, postpone, lengthen; continue, maintain, preserve; stretch, extend, sustain
Anatomical terms of motion
Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific
anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of
organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used describes this motion according to its direction relative to the
anatomical position of the joints.
Anatomists use a unified set of terms to describe most of the movements, although other, more specialized terms are necessary for describing the uniqueness of the movements such as those of the hands, feet, and eyes.
protract
Verb
1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
(synonym) prolong, extend, draw out
(hypernym) lengthen
(hyponym) extend
(verb-group) carry, extend
(derivation) lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction
Protract
(v. t.)
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
(v. t.)
To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
(v. t.)
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
(v. t.)
To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.
(n.)
Tedious continuance or delay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
protract
Synonyms and related words:
adjourn, chatter, continue, dawdle, defer, delay, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, extend, fill out, hang fire, hang up, hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, keep, keep alive, keep going, keep up, lay aside, lay by, lay over, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, linger on, maintain, never finish, pad, perorate, perpetuate, pigeonhole, postpone, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolong, prolongate, prorogate, prorogue, pull, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, retain, run out, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sleep on, speak at length, spin out, stand over, stave off, stay, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, suspend, sustain, table, take a recess, tauten, temporize, tense, tighten, waive
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
