Definition of tract

• n. - A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
• v. - Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
• v. - A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
• v. - Traits; features; lineaments.
• v. - The footprint of a wild beast.
• v. - Track; trace.
• v. - Treatment; exposition.
• v. - Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
• v. - Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
• 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.
• v. t. - To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.