tract / trah
to pull, to drag
Latin · trahere / tractus
Latin trahere means to pull. Words with tract are about pulling: attract pulls toward you, subtract pulls away, extract pulls out, a tractor pulls a plough, distract pulls attention away.
Memory trick
Tract: a tractor pulls a heavy plough across the field.
Words from this root
- attract (at + tract) — to pull towardआकर्षित करना
- attraction (at + tract + ion) — a pull toward somethingआकर्षण
- attractive (at + tract + ive) — pleasing, drawing interestआकर्षक
- subtract (sub + tract) — to pull away, take offघटाना
- extract (ex + tract) — to pull outनिकालना
- contract (con + tract) — to pull together, an agreementअनुबंध, सिकुड़ना
- contractor (con + tract + or) — a person under a work contractठेकेदार
- distract (dis + tract) — to pull attention awayध्यान भटकाना
- distraction (dis + tract + ion) — something that pulls attentionध्यान भंग करने वाली चीज़
- abstract (abs + tract) — pulled away from real thingsअमूर्त
- traction (tract + ion) — the pulling grip of a wheelपकड़, घर्षण
- tractor (tract + or) — a machine that pullsट्रैक्टर
- retract (re + tract) — to pull backपीछे खींचना, वापस लेना