What is the meaning of lengthened?

verb

  • Make longer.
    • usage: "Lengthen this skirt, please"
  • Become long or longer.
    • usage: "In Spring, the days lengthen"

adjective

  • Drawn out or made longer spatially.
    • usage: "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"
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