length

length

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/lɛŋ(k)θ/]

Senses

1. length (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

2. length (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Duration.

Example: Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

3. length (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

Example: five lengths ahead of the field

4. length (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To lengthen.

Example: Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.

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