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    lengthen
    /ˈlɛŋ(k)θn/

    verb

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › lengthenLengthen Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of LENGTHEN is to make longer. How to use lengthen in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lengthen.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLENGTHEN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    LENGTHEN definition: 1. to make something longer, or to become longer: 2. If you lengthen something, or it lengthens…. Learn more.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › lengthenLENGTHEN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    To lengthen is to make longer, either in a material or an immaterial sense: to lengthen a dress. To extend is to lengthen beyond some original point or so as to reach a certain point: to extend a railway line by a hundred miles.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › lengthenLengthen - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To lengthen is to make something longer, either physically or in time. During the spring and early summer, the days lengthen, as sundown comes later and later. Mascara lengthens your eyelashes, and letting out your hem lengthens your jeans.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLENGTHEN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    LENGTHEN meaning: 1. to make something longer, or to become longer: 2. If you lengthen something, or it lengthens…. Learn more.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLENGTHEN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    To lengthen is to make longer, either in a material or an immaterial sense: to lengthen a dress. To extend is to lengthen beyond some original point or so as to reach a certain point: to extend a railway line by a hundred miles.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › lengthenLengthen - definition of lengthen by The Free Dictionary

    verb. 1. extend, continue, increase, stretch, expand, elongate, make longer The runway had to be lengthened. extend cut, trim, diminish, cut down, shorten, curtail, abbreviate, abridge. 2. protract, extend, prolong, draw out, spin out, make longer They want to lengthen the school day. protract cut, cut down, shorten, curtail.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionlengthen verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of lengthen verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishlengthen | meaning in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    to become longer or to make something longer: There are plans to lengthen the school day. lengthening waiting lists. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › lengthenlengthen | meaning of lengthen in Longman Dictionary of...

    lengthen meaning, definition, what is lengthen: to make something longer or to become lo...: Learn more.