lengthen
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make longer
Lengthen this skirt, please
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
become long or longer
In Spring, the days lengthen
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- shorten antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | shorten |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | lengthen |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prolong |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elongate |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | shorten |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |