protract

protract

protract (third-person singular simple present protracts, present participle protracting, simple past and past participle protracted)

1. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, ‘The Men Who Made England’, The Atlantic, Mar 2010:

     Still, form these extraordinary pages you can learn that its very bad to be burned alive on a windy day, because the breeze will keep flicking the flames away from you and thus protract the process.

2. To use a protractor.
3. (rare) To draw or delineate.

prolungare

protrarre

Altri significati:

To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

(rare) To draw or delineate.

To use a protractor.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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