Word of the Day:
protract
What It Means
To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
To use a protractor.
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
A cat can protract and retract its claws.
Protract in Context
“This is a synopsis of our marches, which, protracted on Burckhardt’s map, gives an error of ten miles.”
Did You Know?
From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. By surface analysis, pro- + tract.
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