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protractverb to make longerthe highway project was protracted by years of litigation drag (out), draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, outstretch, prolong, stretch amplify, enlarge, expand, increaseattenuate, thin abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, shorten decrease, diminish, lessen, reducethicken extend, lengthen, prolong, protract mean to draw out or add to so as to increase in length.extend and lengthen imply a drawing out in space or time but extend may also imply increase in width, scope, area, or range.extend a vacation extend welfare services lengthen a skirt lengthen the workweek prolong suggests chiefly increase in duration especially beyond usual limits.prolonged illness protract adds to prolong implications of needlessness, vexation, or indefiniteness.protracted litigation in 1540 |