Length
11-length — [leŋkth, leŋth] combining form forming adjectives of a (specified) length, of such length as to reach a (specified) point or part [full length] …
12length — O.E. lengðu length, from P.Gmc. *langitho, noun of quality from *langgaz (root of O.E. lang; see LONG (Cf. long)) + itho, abstract noun suffix. Cognate with O.N. lengd, O.Fris. lengethe, Du. lengte. Figurative sense of the distance one goes,… …
13length´en|er — length|en «LEHNGK thuhn, LEHNG », transitive verb. to make longer: »A tailor can lengthen your trousers. –v.i. to become or grow longer: »the shadows lengthening as the vapours rise (John Dryden). Your legs have lengthened a great deal since you… …
14length|en — «LEHNGK thuhn, LEHNG », transitive verb. to make longer: »A tailor can lengthen your trousers. –v.i. to become or grow longer: »the shadows lengthening as the vapours rise (John Dryden). Your legs have lengthened a great deal since you were five… …
15Length — Length, v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
16length — index extent, gamut Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17length — should be pronounced with the g fully articulated, not as in tenth …
18length — [n] extent of object, distance, time breadth, compass, continuance, diameter, dimension, duration, elongation, endlessness, expanse, expansion, extensiveness, height, interval, lastingness, lengthiness, limit, linearity, loftiness, longitude,… …
19length — noun 1 distance from one end to the other ADJECTIVE ▪ entire, full, maximum, whole ▪ There is a maximum length of 2 500 words. ▪ A long veranda runs the whole length of the building …
20length — [[t]le̱ŋθ[/t]] ♦♦ lengths 1) N VAR: oft with poss, oft amount in N, N of amount The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side. It is about a metre in length. ...the length of the fish...… …
