lengthen

v. make longer; become longer; stretch; further; extend

Verb
1. make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"
(antonym) shorten
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) prolong, protract, extend, draw out
2. become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
(antonym) shorten
(hypernym) grow

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. i.)
To become longer.
  

v. a.
1. make longer
لمبا کرنا, دراز کرنا, طويل کرنا, لمبانا
2. protract
بڑھانا, طويل کرنا, دور کھينچنا, تاننا
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment
Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens (Shakespeare)
زندہ دلي کي عادت دل ميں جو اپنے ڈالے بڑھاوے زندگي کو، صدہا بلائيں ٹالے F.C
lengthen
v. n.
لمبا ہونا, بڑھنا

Synonyms and related words:
add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, continue, dawdle, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, hold, increase, inflate, jack up, jump up, keep, keep alive, keep going, keep up, lengthen out, let out, linger on, maintain, maximize, parlay, perpetuate, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, put up, pyramid, raise, retain, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, sustain, tauten, temporize, tense, thicken, tighten, up