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Examples of lengthen
lengthen
Being able to do so with a partner can shorten the days and lengthen the laughs.
From the ocregister.com
That response could lengthen to eight hours if Elkhorn completes its annexation.
From the omaha.com
Follow these tips to lengthen your life and be a little healthier along the way.
From the kentucky.com
If the nasal was absorbed by a stressed vowel, it would also lengthen the vowel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There was a lack of dynamism, and it was proving difficult to lengthen the game.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Local television stations lengthen their news broadcasts without improving them.
From the time.com
Until he has found a real cure, all he can do is artificially lengthen its life.
From the forbes.com
But whether certain genes can consistently lengthen lives is a matter of debate.
From the newscientist.com
Lengthen your spine by reaching the crown of your head away from your tailbone.
From the latimes.com
- Make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"
- Become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
- (lengthened) elongated: 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"
- (lengthening) prolongation: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
- (lengthening) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens
- (Lengthened) This is where the odds of an event happening have increased because bookies believe it is less likely to occur. For example the odds of Manchester United winning the league have lengthened from 3/1 to 4/1. Lengthened is also known as drifted.
- (LENGTHENING) The change of a short vowel sound into a long one. Vowels can be long or short in English writing--which often uses a single symbol to represent two or more sounds. Examples include the vowels represented by <a> in fate (long) and fat (short).
- (Lengthening) Amplification of a gait by a balanced and limber extension of the movement allowing an increase in the ground distance covered by the horse.
- The opposite of 'Shorten'. Referred to odds getting longer, that is, more attractive to the bettor.
