tract

UK
/trækt/
US
/trækt/
tractnoun
tracts
pl
UK
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US
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Translations
The digestive tract is essential for processing food.
Пищеварительная система необходима для переработки пищи.
The old trade route was known as the Silk Road, a famous tract connecting East and West.
Старый торговый путь был известен как Шелковый путь, знаменитый тракт, соединяющий Восток и Запад.
The forest tract was preserved as a national park.
Лесной участок был сохранен как национальный парк.
He wrote a philosophical tract on the nature of reality.
Он написал философский трактат о природе реальности.
Additional translations
Definitions
An area of land, typically a large one.
The family owned a vast tract of farmland in the countryside.
A short piece of writing, especially on a religious or political subject, intended to influence people's opinions.
The activist distributed tracts about environmental conservation at the rally.
A system of organs and tissues in the body that perform a specific function, such as the digestive tract.
The doctor explained how the digestive tract processes food.
A continuous extent or period of time (archaic or literary).
Over the long tract of centuries, the castle fell into ruin.
tractverb
tracted
Past Simple
tracted
Past Participle
tracting
Gerund
Archaic or poetic; to draw, drag, or attract.
Definitions
To draw or pull along; to drag (archaic).
The river slowly tracted the fallen branches downstream.
tractadjective
UK
/trækt/
US
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Used attributively, chiefly in phrases such as "tract housing" to denote mass-produced, uniform residential developments.
Definitions
Relating to or characteristic of large-scale, uniformly designed residential subdivisions.
Post-war suburbs are filled with tract houses built in identical styles.