lengthen
/ˈlɛŋθən/
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lengthen verb: to make longer, to extend the length of.
Verb
lengthen (third-person singular simple present lengthens, present participle lengthening, simple past and past participle lengthened)
- To make longer, to extend the length of.
- You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.
- The platforms of all stations from Shepherds Bush to Liverpool Street have been lengthened from 325 ft. to 427 ft. between tunnel headwalls, to take longer trains.1950 September, “Central London Railway Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 622
- To become longer.
- The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.
lengthen meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
lengthen in Tamil
- நீட்டு
lengthen in Urdu
- مدت بڑھانا, طوالت دینا, طول دینا, لمبا کرنا
lengthen in Telugu
- to make longer
- పొడిగించు poḍigiñcu
lengthen in Malayalam
- to lengthen
- നീട്ടുക nīṭṭuka
More languagesFewer languages
- lengthen in Kannada
- ನಿಗುಚು, ನೀಡು, ಸಾಗು, ಲಂಬಿಸು
- lengthen in Gujarati
- લંબાવું lambāvũ, લંબાઈ જવું lambāī javũ
- lengthen in Sanskrit
- आयम् āyam
- lengthen in Assamese
- দীঘলা dighola, দীঘল কৰ dighol kor, দীঘল হোৱা dighol hüa
- lengthen in Arabic
- طَوَّلَ ṭawwala, أَطَالَ ʔaṭāla, طَالَ ṭāla
Examples of lengthen in a sentence
- My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
- Compression shortens the O:H nonbond and lengthens the H-O bond simultaneously via O:H-O Coulomb repulsion.
- The secret to improving endurance is to go faster, not lengthen a plodding run.
Synonyms of lengthen
Antonyms
Forms of lengthen
| third-person singular present | lengthens |
|---|---|
| present participle | lengthening |
| past participle | lengthened |
| past | lengthened |
Origin of lengthen
From length + -en.
Words formed from lengthen
Words that rhyme with lengthen
Questions about lengthen
- What does lengthen mean?
- Lengthen means to make longer, to extend the length of.
- What is lengthen in Tamil?
- Lengthen in Tamil is நீட்டு. See Lengthen meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lengthen?
- Lengthen is a verb.
- How do you pronounce lengthen?
- Lengthen is pronounced /ˈlɛŋθən/.
- What is the past tense of lengthen?
- The past tense of lengthen is lengthened.
Words near lengthen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lengthen (page history and authors); lengthen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lengthen (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); നീട്ടുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); lengthen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લંબાઈ જવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); आयम् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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