English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of protract

protract

/verb/ बढ़ाना; फैलना; विलंब करना; स्थगित करना; लम्बा करना; देर करना;

Synonym increase; spread; unfasten; postpone; lengthen; procrastinate;

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English Dictionary:

1. Protract

[n.]

- Tedious continuance or delay.

2. Protract

[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.
- To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
- To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
- To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.