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# lengthening

«lengthening» in Mova's school dictionary: **making something longer, or becoming longer** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing form of lengthen); noun (a lengthening); adjective (lengthening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lengthening is making something longer, or becoming longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#m1)

2) Lengthening shadows or days are slowly getting longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science and seasons: in spring the days are lengthening; at sunset shadows are lengthening. Sewing: lengthening trousers. In maths, lengthening a side changes the area. Stories: «lengthening shadows» shows evening.

### examples

- The days are lengthening as spring comes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#x1)
- Mum is lengthening my school skirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#x2)
- The shadows were lengthening as the sun went down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#x3)
- The council is lengthening the cycle path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#x4)
- Lengthening each side of a square makes its area bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#x5)
- The queue kept lengthening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/#x6)

### note

Base verb: lengthen (length + en). Opposite: shortening. Maths: if each side of a square is doubled, the area becomes four times bigger.

### In the corpora

- [My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1782/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lengthening» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthening/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.