Basic Meaning: "to pull, draw, or drag"
* tract: a region or area of land (e.g., a tract of forest)
* tractate: a treatise or formal written work
* tractile: capable of being drawn or pulled
* traction: the force that a body exerts on a surface due to friction
* tractor: a vehicle used for pulling farm equipment
Derived Meanings
* attract: to draw towards oneself (e.g., the flower attracts bees)
* contract: a legal agreement (e.g., a business contract)
* detract: to take away from the value or quality of something (e.g., the loud music detracted from the presentation)
* extract: to remove something from something else (e.g., extract juice from an orange)
* protract: to lengthen in time or duration (e.g., the project was protracted due to delays)
* retract: to take back something previously said or done (e.g., the politician retracted his statement)
* subtract: to take away a number from another number (e.g., subtract 5 from 10)
* abstract: a summary or brief overview (e.g., an abstract of a research paper)
* distract: to draw someone's attention away from something else (e.g., the noise from the street distracted me)
* intractable: not easily managed or controlled (e.g., an intractable problem)
This list provides a starting point. There are many other words with the root "tract" that are used in various fields like science, medicine, law, and literature.