'Prolonged' definitions:
Definition of 'prolonged'
From: WordNet
adjective
Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]
adjective
Drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged]
Definition of 'Prolonged'
From: GCIDE
- Prolong \Pro*long"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prolonged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prolonging.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro before, forth + longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Prolongate, Purloin. ] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days. [1913 Webster]
- Prolong awhile the traitor's life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prolonged'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- dragged out,
- dragging,
- drawn,
- drawn out,
- drawn-out,
- elongated,
- extended,
- interminable,
- languishing,
- lasting,
- lengthened,
- lengthy,
- lingering,
- long,
- long-continuing,
- long-drawn,
- long-drawn-out,
- long-pending,
- long-winded,
- longsome,
- marathon,
- overlong,
- prolongated,
- protracted,
- pulled,
- spun out,
- spun-out,
- straggling,
- strained,
- stretched,
- stretched out,
- stretched-out,
- strung out,
- taut,
- tense,
- tight