US /ˈlɛŋθən/
verb Freq #41158

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To make something longer.

    You need to lengthen the story if you want it published.

  2. 2
    verb

    To become longer.

    The shadows lengthened as the sun began to set.

Thesaurus

Opposites
Word family
Forms lengthenedlengtheninglengthens
Derived forms enlengthenlengthenablelengthenedlengtheneroverlengthenrelengthenunderlengthen
Related forms extrude

Etymology

From length + -en.

Topics

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