protracted

protracted
    adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a
           drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy
           visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter
           struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: {drawn-out},
           {extended}, {lengthy}, {prolonged}, {protracted}]
    

Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a.
   Prolonged; continued.
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   {Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many
      successive days. [U. S.]
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      {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n.
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Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Protracted}; p. pr.
   vb. n. {Protracting}.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to
   forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See
   {Portrait}, {Portray}.]
   1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to
      continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to
      protract a war.
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   2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to
      protract a decision or duty. --Shak.
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   3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and
      angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
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   4. (Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract
      its claws; -- opposed to {retract}.
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "protracted":
      de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out,
      drawn-out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out,
      interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering,
      long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending,
      long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon,
      never-ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged,
      pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched,
      stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense,
      tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy