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lengtheningnoun the act of making longera lengthening of the school year is favored by many of the parents in the school district lengtheningverbpresent participle of lengthento make longerI had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall dragging (out), drawing out, elongating, extending, outstretching, prolonging, protracting, stretching amplifying, enlarging, expanding, increasingattenuating, thinning abbreviating, abridging, curtailing, cutting, cutting back, shortening decreasing, diminishing, lessening, reducingthickening |