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Length

//lɛŋ(k)θ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a section of something that is long and narrow wordnet
  3. 3
    Duration. countable, uncountable

    "Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."

  4. 4
    continuance in time wordnet
  5. 5
    The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place wordnet
  2. 7
    Distance between the two ends of a line segment. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    size of the gap between two places wordnet
  4. 9
    The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end wordnet
  6. 11
    Total extent. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "the length of a book"

  7. 12
    Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something. countable, uncountable

    "a length of rope"

  8. 13
    A penis. countable, slang, uncountable

    ", Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length."

  9. 14
    A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines. countable, uncountable

    "[…] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]"

  10. 15
    The number of cards held in a particular suit. countable, uncountable

    "An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning."

  11. 16
    The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To lengthen. obsolete

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).

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