Word Meanings - ALENGTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer.
Related words: (words related to ALENGTH)
- LENGTHFUL
Long. Pope. - LENGTHINESS
The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. - LENGTHWAYS; LENGTHWISE
In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction. - LENGTHILY
In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent. - LENGTHEN
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden. - LENGTHY
Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." Washington. "Some lengthy additions." Byron. "These would be details too lengthy." Jefferson. "To cut short lengthy - LENGTH
1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the - ALENGTH
At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer. - HALF-LENGTH
Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture. - BISHOP'S LENGTH
A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56. - ENLENGTHEN
To lengthen. - WHOLE-LENGTH
Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. -- n.