extend, lengthen, prolong, protract mean to draw out or add to so as to increase in length. extend and lengthen imply a drawing out in space or time but extend may also imply increase in width, scope, …

Lengthening is a change in the length feature (and\or the tense feature) whilst umlaut fronts back vowels. This lengthening of the growing season provides more opportunities for pathogenic …

When something lengthens or when you lengthen it, it increases in length. The evening shadows were lengthening.

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

LENGTHEN definition: to make longer; make greater in length. See examples of lengthen used in a sentence.

Dec 14, 2025 · (intransitive) To become longer. The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

to make or become longer.

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.

lengthening, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

The days lengthened with the approach of spring. Proper care will lengthen the life of the engine.