lengthen
verb [intransitive, transitive]Word Family
- long adjective adverb
- length noun
- lengthy adjective
- lengthen verb
to become longer; to make something longer (使)变长 The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。 - lengthen something
I need to lengthen this skirt. 我需要把这条裙子放长。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLengthen is used with these nouns as the subject:- odds
- shadow
- silence
- …