The meaning of Lengthening

verb

Become larger in distance from side to side; widen.

Usage examples:

Her smile broadened

verb

To become wider, or to cause something to be wider

Usage examples:

[ t ] they are broadening the road to speed up the flow of traffic., going to college will broaden …

verb

To increase the range of something

Usage examples:

New rules should help credit unions expand their activities and broaden access to cheaper borrowing…

phrasal verb

Make more sociable

phrasal verb

To cause something to last longer than is usual or necessary

Usage examples:

The trial was drawn out because of the need to translate everything., she was good at drawing out y…

phrasal verb

To get money from a bank or an account so that you can use it

Usage examples:

The bank allows us to draw out £500 a week.

verb

Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.

Usage examples:

An artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings

adjective

Long in relation to width; elongated.

Usage examples:

Elongate fishes

verb

To become or make something become longer, and often thinner

Usage examples:

The cells elongate as they take in water., acanthoclinus are elongate fishes.

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb

To become larger, or to cause something to become larger

Usage examples:

The city council voted to enlarge the park., he suffers from an enlarged heart.

verb

To become bigger, or to make something bigger

Usage examples:

The inclusion of customs receipts will enlarge the available pool of money., enlarged business/comp…

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Usage examples:

The car park has been extended

verb

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb

To reach, continue, or stretch

Usage examples:

[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

verb

Extend the duration of.

Usage examples:

An idea which prolonged the life of the engine by many years

verb

To make something last a longer time

Usage examples:

They’re trying to prolong their lives., grasslands were damaged by the prolonged drought.

verb

Prolong.

Usage examples:

He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …

verb

Make or become wider.

Usage examples:

We should widen the scope of our investigation

verb

To become farther in distance from one side to the other

Usage examples:

[ i ] after it passes through town, the road widens., [ t ] let’s widen the discussion by listening…