lengthens
Makes more protracted
Lengthens means makes or becomes longer.
A tailor lengthens a hem by letting it out.
Days lengthen as summer approaches.
The afternoon shadows lengthened across the lawn.
To lengthen can also mean to extend in duration: Budget cuts lengthened wait times at the clinic.
Extends or lengthens
- elongatesExtends in dimension
- extendsIncreases in scope
- distendsSwells from internal pressure
- pullsDraws toward oneself
reaches · strains · unfurls · expands · spreads · widens · broadens · uncoils
Extends the duration
- extendsIncreases in scope
- protractionLengthening in duration
- continuationAct of proceeding further
- sustainingMaintaining over time
perpetuation · continuance · preservation · maintenance · lingering · dragging · retention · persistence
stretches
Extends or lengthens
pulls · reaches · strains · unfurls · expands · spreads · widens · broadens · uncoils · straightens
prolongs
Extends the duration
- extendsIncreases in scope
- protractionLengthening in duration
- continuationAct of proceeding further
sustaining · perpetuation · continuance · preservation · maintenance · lingering · dragging · retention · persistence · endurance
lets out
Permits to leave
modifies · extends · splices · pieces · inserts · supplements
develops
Comes into being gradually
- maturesReaches full growth
- sproutsNew growth from seeds
- flourishesProspers or ornamental strokes
thickens · advances · progresses · evolves · increases · amplifies · augments · enhances · escalates · intensifies
lengthensshortens
Reduces in length
curtails · abbreviates · cuts short · truncates · contracts
- vowel lengtheningProlonging spoken sounds