length

1. 1

   The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.countableuncountable

2. 2

   Duration.countableuncountable

   • Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
   • In equatorial Ecuador, days and nights are almost the same length, and the sun goes down early.
3. 3

   The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.countableuncountable

   • five lengths ahead of the field
4. 4

   Distance between the two ends of a line segment.countableuncountable

5. 5

   The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.countableuncountable

6. 6

   Total extent.countablefigurativelyuncountable

   • the length of a book
7. 7

   Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.countableuncountable

   • a length of rope
   • a length of hair
8. 8

   A penis.countableslanguncountable

   • , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.
9. 9

   A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.countableuncountable

   • […] open your book of the play, which you have previously carefully perused, and at the same time marked with the proper calls, as thus: a length (or 42 lines) before an entrance, with a pen make a figure on the margin, […]
   • The boy was engaged to write out parts at a penny a length (42 lines) for Chetwood, who then charged the manager, […]
10. 10

    The number of cards held in a particular suit.countableuncountable

    • An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.

syn. length · lengthiness · longitude · longness

ant. width

1. 1

   To lengthen.obsolete

   • Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.