protract

protract

1. pidentää

2. pitkittää

Synonyymisanakirja

protract

ulottua, levitä, laajentua, pidentää, pitkittää, jatkaa, venyttää, pidentää maksuaikaa, viivytellä, pelata aikaa, vetkuttaa.

Englannin sanakirja

protract (englanti > suomi)

1. pitkittää

protract englanniksi

1. To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

2. 2010, (w), ‘The Men Who Made England’, The Atlantic, Mar 2010:

Still, from these extraordinary pages you can learn that it's very bad to be burned alive on a windy day, because the breeze will keep flicking the flames away from you and thus protract the process.

3. To use a protractor.

4. puhekieltä To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

5. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

to protract a decision or duty

(rfquotek)

6. To extend; to protrude.

A cat can protract and retract its claws.

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