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.-tedious continuance or delay.