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lengthen up

lengthen up verb: to make longer (in distance or in duration).

Verb

lengthen up (third-person singular simple present lengthens up, present participle lengthening up, simple past and past participle lengthened up)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make longer (in distance or in duration).
  2. (informal) To stretch upwards.

Forms of lengthen up

third-person singular presentlengthens up
present participlelengthening up
past participlelengthened up
pastlengthened up

Questions about lengthen up

What does lengthen up mean?
Lengthen up means to make longer (in distance or in duration).
What part of speech is lengthen up?
Lengthen up is a verb.
What is the past tense of lengthen up?
The past tense of lengthen up is lengthened up.

Words near lengthen up in the dictionary

  1. length scales
  2. lengthed
  3. lengthen
  4. lengthen down
  5. lengthen out
  6. lengthen up
  7. lengthenable
  8. lengthened
  9. lengthened down
  10. lengthened grade
  11. lengthened grades

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