lengthen

Definition von lengthen im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To make longer, to extend the length of; To become longer; {v} to grow or make longer, to add; When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it lasts for a longer time than it did previously. Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened The council does not support lengthening the school day to fit in other activities. shorten. to make something longer or to become longer shorten; become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please; When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it increases in length. The evening shadows were lengthening She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her shorten; become long or longer; "In Spring, the days 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; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please; {f} make longer; become longer; stretch; further; extend; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"
lengthening: a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens
To lengthen: enlengthen
To lengthen: length
lengthened: past of lengthen
lengthened: 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"
lengthener: {i} something which makes longer
lengthening: {i} act or process of making longer; act of becoming longer
lengthening: {s} causing to increase in length
lengthening: present participle of lengthen
lengthening: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
lengthens: third-person singular of lengthen