protracts
Makes it longer
Protracts means extends or draws out in time: The lawyers protracts the negotiations for months.
The word suggests deliberate lengthening, often unnecessarily.
In anatomy, to protract is to extend a body part forward—the opposite of retract.
She protracts her jaw slightly when concentrating.
Increases in scope
- lengthensIncreases in extent
- elongatesExtends in dimension
- stretchesExtends or lengthens
- draws outCauses to emerge
continues · sustains · perpetuates · drags out · spins out · keeps going · maintains · carries on
Unresolvable standstill situations
- stalematesSituations with no progress
- impassesSituations without resolution
- filibustersProlonged speeches blocking legislation
- stonewallsDelays through evasion
obstructs · delays · bargaining · diplomacy · talks · mediation · arbitration · haggling
extends
Increases in scope
draws out · continues · sustains · perpetuates · drags out · spins out · keeps going · maintains · carries on · delays
deadlocks
Unresolvable standstill situations
- stalematesSituations with no progress
- impassesSituations without resolution
- filibustersProlonged speeches blocking legislation
stonewalls · obstructs · delays · bargaining · diplomacy · talks · mediation · arbitration · haggling · drawn-out
drags
Pulls with effort
labors · trudges · languishes · stagnates · flags · wearies · exhausts · tires · bores · monotony
protractsshortens
Reduces in length
curtails · abbreviates · truncates · cuts short · contracts
protractsretracts
Withdraws a statement
withdraws · pulls back · contracts · recedes · draws back
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