Thesaurus: tract

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1. n. A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
2. v. Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
3. v. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
4. v. Traits; features; lineaments.
5. v. The footprint of a wild beast.
6. v. Track; trace.
7. v. Treatment; exposition.
8. v. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
9. v. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
10. v. Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
11. v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
12. n. an extended area of land