протя́гивать

verbimperfective (partner протяну́ть)fairly commonC2

1.
to stretch out (a hand), to reach out, to extend
Ребёнок протя́гивает руки́ к матери.
The child is stretching out his arms to his mother.
Imperfective; perfective протянуть.
2.
to hand, to offer, to proffer
Она́ протя́гивает мне биле́т.
She hands me the ticket.
3.
to stretch (a wire), to run (a cable), to pull
Рабочие протя́гивают провод че́рез двор.
The workers are running a wire across the yard.
4.
to drawl
Он лени́во протя́гивал сло́ва.
He lazily drawled his words.
5.
(rare) to prolong, to drag out
Он наро́чно протя́гивал разгово́р до ве́чера.
He deliberately dragged the conversation out until the evening.

Examples

Imperative
ты	протя́гивай
вы	протя́гивайте

Active present	протя́гивающий	stretching out, extending, offering, holding out
Active past	протя́гивавший	stretching out, extending, handing, offering
Passive present	протя́гиваемый	being stretched, being extended, being drawn out
Passive past	-
Gerund present	протя́гивая	while doing (present)
Gerund past	протягивав протягивавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
втя́гивать	в-	to pull in
вытя́гивать	вы-	to stretch; to pull out; to extract (information); to drag away; to draw off; to pull through
дотя́гивать	до-	to pull (up to); to reach; to hold out (until)
затя́гивать	за-	to tighten; to prolong; to draw in; to take a drag