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lengthen(dictionary)
Lengthen - General(gambling)

lengthen (iou)



lengthen verb. LME.
[from LENGTH + -EN5.]
verb trans. Make longer, extend; prolong. Also foll. by out. LME.
lengthen one's grip: see GRIP noun1. lengthen one's stride: see STRIDE noun 1a.
J. Wain A garrulous chairman lengthened out a..meeting into nearly three hours.
b. Make phonetically or prosodically long. M17.
verb intrans. Become longer. LME.
C. Morgan The young shoots were lengthening. Dennis Potter The awkward pause lengthened between them.
lengthened adjective made longer; long: L16.
lengthener noun M16.