lengthened

3 definitions found

lengthened - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened
     (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening (-'n*[i^]ng).]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

lengthened - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lengthened
      adj 1: 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"
             [syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged]

lengthened - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthened":
     dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated, extended,
     interminable, languishing, lasting, lingering, long,
     long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending,
     long-winded, marathon, overlong, prolongated, prolonged,
     protracted, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained,
     stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, taut, tense,
     tight