length

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a section of something that is long and narrow

   The truck carried a length of timber.

2. 2
   noun

   the linear extent in space from one end to the other

   The length of the pool is 100 meters.

3. 3
   noun

   the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end

   The editor limited the length of my article to 500 words.

4. 4
   noun

   Duration.

   Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

5. 5
   noun

   The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

   five lengths ahead of the field

6. 6
   noun

   Total extent.

   the length of a book

7. 7
   noun

   Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

   a length of rope

8. 8
   noun

   A penis.

   , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.

Etymology

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).