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lengthen
('l/E//N/k/T//@/n )

verb (v)

  • make longer(verb.change)
    Example:
    Lengthen this skirt, please.
    source: wordnet30
  • become long or longer(verb.change)
    Example:
    In Spring, the days lengthen.
    Antonym:
    shorten
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become longer.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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