lengthen

Verb

Meaning

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.

To become longer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crane unroll increase continue spread develop extended grow draw raise expand extend delay preserve pull
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Antonyms

shorten bate pollard barber lop bobtail
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Hypernyms

increase grow

Hyponyms

extend stretch prolong elongate protract draw out

Phrases with the word

lengthen out

Derivatives

lengthened lengthening

Examples

In Spring, the days lengthen Source: Internet

Lengthen this skirt, please Source: Internet

A drill, Gardner says, would lengthen as it traveled away from the cavern and eventually pass through the "point at infinity" corresponding to the center of the Earth in the widely accepted scientific cosmology. Source: Internet

An earlier Roman solution to this problem was to lengthen the calendar periodically by adding extra days to February, the last month of the year. Source: Internet

Allow your head and heart to melt between your upper arm bones to stretch and release your back, as well as lengthen out your hamstrings. Source: Internet

As the dole queues inevitably start to lengthen, even those fortunate enough to have escaped a cut in wages will get anxious. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

length scale length-to-width ratio lengthed lengthen out lengthenable lengthened