Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lengthen up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
length-en up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make longer (in distance or in duration).

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To stretch upwards.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

lengthens up (present, singular) lengthening up (participle, present) lengthened up (participle, past) lengthened up (past)

Questions

What does lengthen up mean?
To make longer (in distance or in duration).

How to pronounce lengthen up

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