lengthenings
Acts of extending
Lengthenings are instances of making something longer or extending its duration.
The word appears in contexts discussing multiple acts of extension: The lengthenings of the workday wore everyone down.
Also used technically in linguistics and music to describe systematic extensions of sounds or notes.
Added part or duration
- protractionLengthening in duration
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- drawn-outExtended beyond normal duration
- sustainedKept up continuously
endurance · persistence · permanence · perpetuity · infinity · eons · millennia · centuries
Increase in intensity
- enlargementIncrease in size
- augmentationAct of adding more
- broadeningIncreasing in extent
- wideningIncreasing in extent
deepening · escalation · intensification · magnification · inflation · proliferation · spread · enhancement
Increase in length
- extensionAdded part or duration
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- pullingForce toward oneself
- wire-drawingReducing rod diameter mechanically
extrusion · unspooling · unfurling · ribbon · strand · thread · yarn · spindle
Process of becoming complete
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- flourishingProspering vigorously
budding · ripening · bloom · evolution · progression · advancement · puberty · adolescence
Extending muscles or material
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- pilatesControlled movement exercise method
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
limbering · loosening · hamstrings · tendons · ligaments · muscles · calisthenics · gymnastics
extension
Added part or duration
- protractionLengthening in duration
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- drawn-outExtended beyond normal duration
sustained · endurance · persistence · permanence · perpetuity · infinity · eons · millennia · centuries · decades
amplification
Increase in intensity
- enlargementIncrease in size
- augmentationAct of adding more
- broadeningIncreasing in extent
widening · deepening · escalation · intensification · magnification · inflation · proliferation · spread · enhancement · reinforcement
elongation
Increase in length
- extensionAdded part or duration
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- pullingForce toward oneself
wire-drawing · extrusion · unspooling · unfurling · ribbon · strand · thread · yarn · spindle · spool
maturation
Process of becoming complete
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
flourishing · budding · ripening · bloom · evolution · progression · advancement · puberty · adolescence
stretching
Extending muscles or material
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- pilatesControlled movement exercise method
- warm-upPre-activity preparation routine
flexibility · limbering · loosening · hamstrings · tendons · ligaments · muscles · calisthenics · gymnastics · contortion
lengtheningsshortenings
Reduced versions of originals
contractions · reductions · truncations · curtailments · abbreviations
- vowel lengtheningProlonging spoken sounds