Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening (-'n*[i^]ng).]
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration;
as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; --
sometimes followed by out.
[1913 Webster]
What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lengthened
adj : drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this
year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate
larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the
page" [syn: elongated, extended, prolonged]
WordNet (r) 2.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthened":
dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated, extended,
interminable, languishing, lasting, lingering, long,
long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending,
long-winded, marathon, overlong, prolongated, prolonged,
protracted, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained,
stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, taut, tense,
tight
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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