PROTRACT
protract
Verb
- 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.
- To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
- to protract a decision or duty
- To extend; to protrude.
- A cat can protract and retract its claws.
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