Lengthen Common

Lengthen has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

make longer

"Lengthen this skirt, please"

lengthen

become long or longer

"In Spring, the days lengthen"

lengthen

To make longer, to extend the length of.

See Also

stretch compensatorily lengthen prolongable enlengthen lengthened prolongingly lengthenest overlengthen

Related Terms

stretch compensatorily lengthen prolongable enlengthen lengthened prolongingly lengthenest overlengthen pad length guna produce elongation servile relengthen extend unlengthened pectinate plus minus method lengthener

Antonyms

shorten

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

increase grow

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

prolong elongate

Rhyming Words

hen then zhen shen chen when gehen behen cohen kohen ashen sehen sephen fishen nowhen kuchen machen goshen poshen hyphen

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