pro·tract 
(prō-trăkt, prə-)
(prō-trăkt, prə-)tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts
1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations.
2. Mathematics To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.
3. Anatomy To extend or protrude (a body part).
[Latin prōtrahere, prōtract- : prō-, forth; see PRO-1 + trahere, to drag.]
pro·tracted·ly (-trăktĭd-lē) adv.
pro·tracted·ness n.
pro·tractive adj.
- tradeswoman
- trade union
- trade unionism
- trade unionist
- trade up
- trade wind
- trading card
- trading post
- trading stamp
- tradition
- traditional
- traditionalism
- traditionalist
- traditionalistic
- traditionalize
- traditional jazz
- traditionally
- traditor
- traduce
- traducement
- traducer
- traducianism
- traducianist
- traducianistic
- traducingly