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# lengthwise

«lengthwise» in Mova's school dictionary: **Along the longest side of something: from one end to the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Along the longest side of something: from one end to the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthwise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a body lies lengthwise, stretched out full length

### examples

- Lay the stick lengthwise on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthwise/#x1)
- He lay lengthwise on the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthwise/#x2)
- Cut the paper lengthwise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthwise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths. Lengthwise means along the length, not across the width.

### Trees and pragmatics

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