Dictionary Entry
lengthen
lengthen is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.
- 2intransitive verb
To become longer.
- 3verb
become long or longer
"In Spring, the days lengthen"
- 4verb
make longer
"Lengthen this skirt, please"
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