vverb.changemake longerExamples:- Lengthen this skirt, please
Antonyms:shorten
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:lengthenincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:draw outelongateextendprolongprotractstretch
Causes:lengthen
Full Troponyms:elongateextendprolongspintemporizetree
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the cape (apply to: lengthen)
vverb.changebecome long or longerExamples:- In Spring, the days lengthen
Antonyms:shorten
Hypernyms:grow
Inherited Hypernyms:lengthengrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.alldrawn out or made longer spatiallySynset:elongated extended prolonged
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:short
Inherited Hypernyms:elongated
Similar to:long