lengthen
Make more prolonged
To lengthen is to make or become longer.
You can lengthen a dress by letting out the hem, lengthen a meeting by adding agenda items, or watch shadows lengthen as the sun sets.
The days lengthen as summer approaches.
Make longer or larger
- protractExtend duration unnecessarily
- draw outExtract or extend
- continueGo on without stopping
- sustainKeep something going continuously
perpetuate · stretch out · drag out · spin out · outlast · endure · maintain · preserve
Pull to extend
- extendMake longer or larger
- distendEnlarge by pressure within
- unfoldSpread open from closed
- pullForce toward oneself
tug · outstretch · spread out · draw · straighten · uncoil · unfurl · unroll
expand
Increase in size
enlarge · broaden · widen · deepen · extend · grow · boost · escalate · multiply · magnify
extend
Make longer or larger
sustain · perpetuate · stretch out · drag out · spin out · outlast · endure · maintain · preserve · adjourn
stretch
Pull to extend
pull · tug · outstretch · spread out · draw · straighten · uncoil · unfurl · unroll · let out
let out
Free or emit
- hemFolded garment edge
- seamJoined fabric edge
- alterationAct of modifying
adjust · sew · inseam · cuff · sleeves · skirt · trousers · garment · fabric · stitch
grow
Increase in size
flourish · bud · bloom · thrive · advance · progress · evolve · cultivate · germinate · ripen
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- muscle movementscontraction, flexion, extension, twitch, spasm
- bring outdraw out, bring forth, elicit, evoke, educe
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- let outemit, release, free, exhale, vent
- sewing termsscissors, pattern, shears, rotary cutter, cutting mat
- go to great lengthsMake extreme efforts
- at lengthIn great detail
- arm's lengthDeliberate professional distance
- gone to great lengthsExerted extraordinary effort
- went to great lengthsMade extreme effort
- going to great lengthsMaking extreme efforts
length, lengthy, lengths, lengthened, lengthening, lengthwise, lengthens, lengthier, lengthily