What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
lengthening — index continuance, continuation (prolongation), cumulative (increasing), development (progression) Burton s Legal Th … Law dictionary
lengthening — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lengthening — adj. Lengthening is used with these nouns: ↑queue … Collocations dictionary
lengthening — См. allungamento … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
lengthening — noun a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens … Wiktionary
lengthening — Synonyms and related words: continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, crescendoing, crescent, elongation, endurance, expanding, extension, growing, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lingering, maintenance, multiplying, on the… … Moby Thesaurus
lengthening — length·en·ing || leÅ‹(k)θənɪŋ n. act or process of making longer; act of becoming longer adj. causing to increase in length length·en || leŋθən v. make longer; become longer; stretch; further; extend … English contemporary dictionary
lengthening — noun the act of prolonging something (Freq. 1) there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks • Syn: ↑prolongation, ↑protraction, ↑perpetuation • Derivationally related forms: ↑perpetuate ( … Useful english dictionary
lengthening reaction — length·en·ing reaction leŋ(k)th (ə )niŋ , len(t)th n reflex relaxation of a muscle when it is subjected to excessive and vigorous stretching * * * the elongation of the extensor muscles which permits flexion of a limb … Medical dictionary
lengthening contraction — a muscle contraction in which the ends of the muscle move farther apart, as when a limb is forcibly flexed. Called also eccentric c … Medical dictionary
