lengthen

length / leŋθ / n

၁။ [U] အရှည်။ အလျား။ a river 300 miles in length ❍ This room is twice the length of the other, but much narrower. ❍ He ran the entire length of the beach. ❍ Her new book is about the length of (ie as long as) ‘War and Peace’. ❍ DIMENSION
၂။ [U] (ချိန်)တာ။ You spend a ridiculous length of time in the shower. ❍ Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.
၃။ [C] (တစ်)လျား။ I can swim 50 lengths of the school pool. ❍ The horse won the race by two clear lengths (ie by a distance equal to twice its own lenght).
၄။ [C] (တစ်)ပင်။ (တစ်)စ။ (တစ်)ချပ်။ timber sold in lengths of 2, 5 or 10 metres ❍ a length of wire / string / rope.
❏ at length [IDM ]
၁။ (fml ) နောက်ပိတ်ဆုံး။ နောက်ဆုံး ကျတော့။ ‘I’m still not sure,’ he said at length.
၂။ အသေးစိတ်။ အချိန်ယူ၍။ an issue already examined at some / great length in these columns ❍ I listened at length to her story.
❏ go to any, some, great, etc lengths (to do sth) [IDM ] (ဘာမဆို၊ မဖြစ်မနေ၊ မရအရ၊ ကြိုးစားပမ်းစား စသည်) လုပ်သည်။ They went to absurd / extraordinary lenghts to keep the affair secret. ❍ There are no lengths to which addicts will not go to obtain their drugs.
❏ the length and breadth of sth [IDM ] နေရာ အနှံ့အပြား။ အဝန်း။ travel the length and breadth of Ireland.
❏ -length (forming compound adjs )… ရှည်လျားသော။ …အထိရှည်သော။ a knee-length dress ❍ floor-length curtains ❍ a feature-length film.
❏ lengthen v ရှည်လာသည်။ ဆန့်သည်။ lengthen a skirt ❍ the lengthening queues / shadows ❍ The days are starting to lengthen again. Compare SHORTEN
❏ lengthways (also lengthwise) adv အလျားလိုက်။ Cut the banana in half lengthways.