lengthen

Verb

Verb Forms: lengthened, lengthening, lengthens

• To make or become longer.
• make longer
  • "Lengthen this skirt, please"
• become long or longer
  • "In Spring, the days lengthen"
• To make longer, to extend the length of.
• To become longer.

Examples

• He needed to lengthen his word to reach the double letter score, but no hooks fit.
• The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.
• You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.

Synonyms

draw out, elongate, enlengthen, extend, lengthen, produce, prolong, protract, stretch

Antonyms

shorten, abbreviate, abridge, amputate, breviate, clip

Related Words

extrude