lengthen+out
61dawdle — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, bide, bide the issue, clock watcher, continue, dallier, dally, dawdler, delay, diddle, diddler, dillydallier, dillydally, do nothing, dolittle, doodle, doodler, drag, drag out, draw out, drone, dwell on,… …
62procrastinate — Synonyms and related words: abandon, be dilatory, continue, cut, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, drag, drag out, draw out, dwell on, equivocate, extend, filibuster, gain time, goldbrick, goof off, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, jump …
63temporize — Synonyms and related words: be a timeserver, be dilatory, continue, dawdle, drag out, draw out, dwell on, extend, filibuster, gain time, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, lengthen, lengthen out, linger on, make time, play for time,… …
64prolong — prolongable, adj. prolongableness, n. prolongably, adv. prolonger, n. prolongment, n. /preuh lawng , long /, v.t. 1. to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one s stay abroad. 2. to make longer in… …
65elongate — v. a. Lengthen, stretch, extend, draw out, lengthen out …
66Diuturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Long duration. < N PARAG:Diuturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diuturnity diuturnity Sgm: N 1 a long time a long time a length of time Sgm: N 1 an age an age a century an eternity Sgm: N 1 slowness slowness …
67Theory of Forms — Plato s Theory of Forms [The name of this aspect of Plato s thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as Diogenes Laertius, who called it (Plato s) Theory of… …
68Lateness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lateness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,132,} lateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 tardiness tardiness &c.(slowness) 275 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 delay delay delation Sgm: N 2 cunctation …
69draw — I. v. a. 1. Pull, drag, haul, tug, pull along. 2. Attract, bring toward, pull toward. 3. Suck, drain, suck dry. 4. Inhale, inspire, breathe in, take into the lungs. 5. Extract, take out, draw out. 6. Induce, move, lead, allure, entice, engage,… …
70extend — I. v. a. 1. Stretch out, reach out, reach forth. 2. Prolong, continue, lengthen out, protract. 3. Expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase, fill out. 4. Diffuse, spread abroad. 5. Offer, yield, give, impart. II. v. n. Stretch, reach,… …
