(1):
(v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.
(2):
(v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
(3):
(v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
(4):
(v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; - opposed to retract.
(5):
(n.) Tedious continuance or delay.