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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;
- Example: "a drawn-out argument"
- Example: "an extended discussion"
- Example: "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"
- Example: "a prolonged and bitter struggle"
- Example: "protracted negotiations"
[syn: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr. vb. n. Protracting.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See Portrait, Portray.] 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. [1913 Webster] 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. [1913 Webster] Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] -- Pro*tract"ed*ly, adv. -- Pro*tract"ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

protracted adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "protracted": de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out, interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon, never-ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense, tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy