'Lengthening' definitions:
Definition of 'lengthening'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening]
Definition of 'Lengthening'
From: GCIDE
- Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening (-'n*[i^]ng).] 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. [1913 Webster]
- What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lengthening'
From: GCIDE
- increasing \increasing\ adj.
- 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ; {multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ; {accretive ; {rising ] decreasing [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
- Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ] [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'lengthening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- crescendoing,
- crescent,
- elongation,
- endurance,
- expanding,
- extension,
- growing,
- increasing,
- incremental,
- intensifying,
- lingering,
- maintenance,
- multiplying,
- on the increase,
- perpetuation,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- procrastination,
- production,
- progress,
- progression,
- proliferating,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- pursuance,
- repetition,
- run,
- snowballing,
- spreading,
- staying power,
- straight course,
- strain,
- stretch,
- stretching,
- stringing out,
- sustained action,
- sustenance,
- swelling,
- tension,
- tightening,
- uninterrupted course,
- unremittingness,
- waxing,
- way