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Adjective: lengthened  leng-thund
  1. Drawn out or made longer spatially
    "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"
    - elongated, extended, prolonged
Verb: lengthen  lengk-thun
  1. Make longer
    "Lengthen this skirt, please"
     
  2. Become long or longer
    "In Spring, the days lengthen"

See also: long

Type of: grow, increase

Antonym: shorten

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