protracts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protract
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr. vb. n. Protracting.] Etym: [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.
2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. Shak.
3. (Surv.)
Definition: To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
Pro*tract", n. Etym: [L. protractus.]
Definition: Tedious continuance or delay. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
