lengthen
11lengthen — Ho olō ihi, ho ololoa, ho ohuelo. ♦ To lengthen by grafting or splicing, pāna i. ♦ To lengthen a sound, ho okō i ka leo, ume. ♦ To lengthen, as a speech or story, ho olō ihi; hilohilo (rare) …
12lengthen — verb Lengthen is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑odds, ↑shadow, ↑silence Lengthen is used with these nouns as the object: ↑stride …
13lengthen — length|en [ leŋθən ] verb intransitive or transitive to become longer, or to make something longer: The shadows slowly began to lengthen. We re going to lengthen our stay next year …
14lengthen — [[t]le̱ŋθən[/t]] lengthens, lengthening, lengthened 1) V ERG When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it increases in length. The evening shadows were lengthening... [V n] She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up …
15lengthen — Synonyms and related words: add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, continue, dawdle, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, hold, increase,… …
16lengthen — length|en [ˈleŋθən] v [I and T] to make something longer or to become longer ≠ ↑shorten ▪ Can you lengthen this skirt for me? ▪ The days lengthened as summer approached …
17lengthen — verb (I, T) to make something longer or to become longer: Can you lengthen this skirt for me? | The days lengthened as summer approached. opposite shorten …
18lengthen — verb he lengthened his stride to keep up as the spring days lengthen Syn: elongate, make longer, extend, prolong, protract, stretch out, drag out; expand, widen, broaden, enlarge; grow/get longer, draw out Ant: shorten …
19lengthen — verb 1) he lengthened his stride Syn: elongate, make longer, extend, expand, widen, broaden, enlarge 2) you ll need to lengthen the cooking time Syn: prolong, make longer, increase …
20lengthen — /ˈlɛŋθən/ (say lengthuhn) verb (t) 1. to make greater in length. –verb (i) 2. to become greater in length: *their shadows lengthen in the light of noon –judith wright, 1949. 3. (of odds) to increase. {length + en1} …
