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Verb: lengthen  lengk-thun
  1. Make longer
    "Lengthen this skirt, please"
     
  2. Become long or longer
    "In Spring, the days lengthen"

Derived forms: lengthened, lengthening, lengthens

Type of: grow, increase

Antonym: shorten

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lender
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Lendl
lend-lease
L'Enfant
length
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