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lengthen 音标拼音: [l'ɛŋθən] [l'ɛŋkθən] vt. 加长,使延长
vi. 变长 加长,使延长变长 lengthen加长 lengthen v 1: make longer; " Lengthen this skirt, please" [ ant: { shorten}] 2: become long or longer; " In Spring, the days lengthen" [ ant: { shorten}] 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]
Lengthen \ Length" en\, v. i. To become longer. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 62 Moby Thesaurus words for " lengthen": add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, continue, dawdle, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, hold, increase, inflate, jack up, jump up, keep, keep alive, keep going, keep up, lengthen out, let out, linger on, maintain, maximize, parlay, perpetuate, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, put up, pyramid, raise, retain, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, sustain, tauten, temporize, tense, thicken, tighten, up
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