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Lengthen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make or become longer.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make longer, to extend the length of.

v. To become longer.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration

verb-intransitive. To become longer.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make long or longer; extend or elongate in space or in duration; protract or prolong: as, to lengthen a line; to lengthen life; to lengthen a vowel or syllable in pronunciation.

To grow long or longer; extend in length.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. become long or longer

v. make longer

Word Usage

"The word Lent, however, comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lengthen, which means: Spring."

Antonym

shorten

Verb Form

lengthened lengthening lengthens

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

grow

Cross Reference

extend

Form

lengthened lengthening

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

prolong extend

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

strengthen