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1. (v.i.) lengthen
to make or become greater in length.
Etymology: (1490–1500)
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| Definition of 'lengthen' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) lengthen
make longer
"Lengthen this skirt, please"
2. (verb) lengthen
become long or longer
"In Spring, the days lengthen"
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1. (verb) lengthen
to become or make longer in size or time
They lengthened the room by six feet.; The time people expect to live is lengthening.
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| Definition of 'lengthen' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) lengthen
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
2. (verb) lengthen
to become longer
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Sense: to make or become longer
I'll have to lengthen this skirt; The days are lengthening now that the spring has come.
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 Afrikaans: verleng |
 Arabic: يُطَوِّل |
 Bulgarian: удължавам |
 Brazilian: alongar(-se) |
 Czech: prodloužit |
 German: verlängern |
 Danish: forlænge; blive længere |
 Greek: μακραίνω |
 Spanish: alargar |
 Estonian: pikendama, pikenema |
 Farsi: دراز کردن |
 Finnish: pidentää |
 French: (r)allonger |
 Hebrew: לְהַאֲרִיך |
 Hindi: लम्बा करना, दीर्घ करना |
 Croatian: produžiti (se) |
 Hungarian: (meg)hosszabbít; hosszabb |
 Indonesian: memanjangkan |
 Icelandic: lengja |
 Italian: allungare, allungarsi |
 Japanese: 伸びる |
 Korean: 늘이다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)ilginti, ilgėti |
 Latvian: pagarināt; pagarināties |
 Malay: memanjangkan |
 Dutch: langer worden, verlengen |
 Norwegian: forlenge, bli lengre |
 Polish: przedłużyć, podłużyć, wyd |
 Persian: دراز کردن |
 Pashto: اوږدول |
 Portuguese: alongar(-se) |
 Romanian: a (se) lungi, a (se) măr |
 Russian: удлинять(ся) |
 Slovak: predĺžiť |
 Slovenian: podaljšati (se) |
 Serbian: produžiti |
 Swedish: lägga ner, förlänga, göra |
 Thai: ทำให้ยาวขึ้น |
 Turkish: uza(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 加長，延長 |
 Ukrainian: подовжувати(ся); тягнутис |
 Urdu: لمبا ہونا یا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: kéo dài ra |
 Chinese: 加长，使延长 |
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