| slovo | definícia |
lengthen
(mass) | lengthen
- predĺžiť |
lengthen
(encz) | lengthen,prodloužit v: Zdeněk Brož |
lengthen
(encz) | lengthen,prodlužovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Lengthen
(gcide) | 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.
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What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
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Lengthen
(gcide) | Lengthen \Length"en\, v. i.
To become longer. --Locke.
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lengthen
(wn) | lengthen
v 1: make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" [ant: shorten]
2: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" [ant:
shorten] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lengthen
(mass) | lengthen
- predĺžiť |
lengthen
(encz) | lengthen,prodloužit v: Zdeněk Brožlengthen,prodlužovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
lengthened
(encz) | lengthened,prodloužený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lengthening
(encz) | lengthening,prodlužování n: Zdeněk Brožlengthening,prodlužující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Enlengthen
(gcide) | Enlengthen \En*length"en\, v. t.
To lengthen. [Obs.]
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Lengthened
(gcide) | 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.
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Lengthening
(gcide) | 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.
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lengthening
(gcide) | increasing \increasing\ adj.
1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices.
[Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting,
augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ;
{growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;
{multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ;
accretive ; {rising ] {decreasing
[WordNet 1.5]
2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of
decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo
]
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lengthen
(wn) | lengthen
v 1: make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" [ant: shorten]
2: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" [ant:
shorten] |
lengthened
(wn) | 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] |
lengthening
(wn) | lengthening
n 1: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation,
protraction, perpetuation, lengthening] |
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