Length
1length — W2S2 [leŋθ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3¦(books/films etc)¦ 4 run/stretch/walk etc the (full) length of something 5 shoulder length/knee length etc 6 go to some/great/any lengths (to do something) 7 at (some/great etc) length 8 the length and… …
2length — [ leŋθ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a measurement of how long something is in size: Cut the cloth to the required length. This beautiful bird is small, with a total length of about three inches. The length of your swimming pool is not… …
3Length — is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end. This may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth, which are the… …
4Length — (l[e^]ngth), n. [OE. lengthe, AS. leng[eth], fr. lang, long, long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. l[ae]ngde, Sw. l[ a]ngd, Icel. lengd. See {Long}, a. ] 1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from {breadth} or {width}; extent …
5length — length; length·en; length·en·er; length·ful; length·i·ly; length·i·ness; length·ways; …
6-length — [leŋkth, leŋth] combining form forming adjectives of a (specified) length, of such length as to reach a (specified) point or part [full length] * * * …
7length — O.E. lengðu length, from P.Gmc. *langitho, noun of quality from *langgaz (root of O.E. lang; see LONG (Cf. long)) + itho, abstract noun suffix. Cognate with O.N. lengd, O.Fris. lengethe, Du. lengte. Figurative sense of the distance one goes,… …
8Length — Length, v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
9length — index extent, gamut Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10length — should be pronounced with the g fully articulated, not as in tenth …
