noun tedious continuance or delay.
2. protract ·vt to draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
3. protract ·vt to extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws;
opposed to retract.
4. protract ·vt to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
5. protract ·vt to draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.