[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

long \long\, a. compar. longer; superl. longest. as.
   long, lang; akin to os, ofries., d.,  g. lang, icel. langr,
   sw. lang, dan. lang, goth. laggs, l. longus. root125.
   cf. length, ling a fish, linger, lunge, purloin.
   1. drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
      protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
      short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
      1913 webster

   2. drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
      considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
      of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
      long book.
      1913 webster

   3. slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
      lingering; as, long hours of watching.
      1913 webster

   4. occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
      time; far away.
      1913 webster

            the we may us reserve both fresh and strong
            against the tournament, which is not long.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   5. having a length of the specified measure; of a specified
      length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that
      is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
      1913 webster

   6. far-reaching; extensive. " long views." --burke.
      1913 webster

   7. phonetics prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
      utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. see short,
      a., 13, and guide to pronunciation, sectsect 22, 30.
      1913 webster

   8. finance  com. having a supply of stocks or goods;
      prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in
      prices; as, long of cotton. hence, the phrases: to be, or
      go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the
      market, to hold products or securities for a rise in
      price, esp. when bought on a margin. contrasted to
      short.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   note: long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
         adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
         long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
         long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
         etc.
         1913 webster

   in the long run, in the whole course of things taken
      together; in the ultimate result; eventually.

   long clam zool., the common clam mya arenaria of the
      northern united states and canada; -- called also
      soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. see mya.

   long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.

   long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
      below the feet.

   long division. math. see division.

   long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen.

   long home, the grave.

   long measure, long meter. see under measure, meter.
      

   long parliament eng. hist., the parliament which
      assembled nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by cromwell,
      april 20, 1653.

   long price, the full retail price.

   long purple bot., a plant with purple flowers, supposed
      to be the orchis mascula. --dr. prior.

   long suit
      a whist, a suit of which one holds originally more
          than three cards. --r. a. proctor.
      b one's most important resource or source of strength;
          as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.

   long tom.
      a a pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
          a vessel.
      b a long trough for washing auriferous earth. western
          u.s.
      c zool. the long-tailed titmouse.

   long wall coal mining, a working in which the whole seam
      is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
      progresses, except where passages are needed.

   of long, a long time. obs. --fairfax.

   to be long of the market, or to go long of the market,
   to be on the long side of the market, etc. stock
      exchange, to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a
      contract under which one can demand stock on or before a
      certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short
      in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short,
      etc. cant see short.

   to have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
      1913 webster
see also:
longer longest length ling linger lunge 
purloin short short in the long run long clam 
mya arenaria soft-shell clam long-neck clam mya long cloth 
long clothes long division division long dozen long home 
long measure long meter measure meter long parliament 
long price long purple orchis mascula long suit long tom 
long wall of long to be long of the market to go long of the market to be on the long side of the market 
to have a long head 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

long \long\, n.
   1. mus. a note formerly used in music, one half the length
      of a large, twice that of a breve.
      1913 webster

   2. phonetics a long sound, syllable, or vowel.
      1913 webster

   3. the longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the
      phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and
      substance of it. --addison.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

long \long\, adv. as. lance.
   1. to a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.
      1913 webster

   2. to a great extent in time; during a long time.
      1913 webster

            they that tarry long at the wine.     --prov. xxiii.
                                                  30.
      1913 webster

            when the trumpet soundeth long.       --ex. xix. 13.
      1913 webster

   3. at a point of duration far distant, either prior or
      posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long
      before the foundation of rome; long after the conquest.
      1913 webster

   4. through the whole extent or duration.
      1913 webster

            the bird of dawning singeth all night long. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in
      question; as, how long will you be gone?
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

long \long\, prep. abbreviated fr. along. see 3d along.
   by means of; by the fault of; because of. obs. see along
   of, under 3d along.
   1913 webster
see also:
along along of 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

long \long\, v. i. imp.  p. p. longed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   longing. as. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch
   out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang
   long. see long, a.
   1. to feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for
      something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or
      by for or after.
      1913 webster

            i long to see you.                    --rom. i. 11.
      1913 webster

            i have longed after thy precepts.     --ps. cxix.
                                                  40.
      1913 webster

            i have longed for thy salvation.      --ps. cxix.
                                                  174.
      1913 webster

            nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with
            fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   2. to belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. obs.
      1913 webster

            the labor which that longeth unto me. --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
longed longing long 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

long
     adj 1: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively
            great or greater than average duration or passage of
            time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a
            long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long
            friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
            ant: short
     2: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than
        average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a
        long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long
        words"; "ten miles long" ant: short
     3: of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"-
        sherwood anderson; "looked out the long french windows"
     4: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise
        in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
        ant: short
     5: of speech sounds especially vowels of relatively long
        duration as e.g. the english vowel sounds in `bate',
        `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' ant: short
     6: used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long
        duration
     7: involving substantial risk; "long odds"
     8: of memory having greater than average range; "a long
        memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" syn:
         tenacious
     9: planning prudently for the future; "large goals that
        required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the
        geopolitical issues" syn: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted,
         foresightful, longsighted
     10: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on
         brains"; "in long supply"
     n : a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they
         haven't been gone long"
     adv 1: for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long
            overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has
            long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how
            long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was
            expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
     2: for an extended distance
     v : desire strongly or persistently syn: hanker, yearn
see also:
short tenacious farseeing farsighted foresighted foresightful 
longsighted hanker yearn 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

159 moby thesaurus words for "long":
   a mile long, ache, ache for, ache to, aeon, age, ages, aim,
   and night, aspire, be dying for, be dying to, be hurting for, big,
   blue moon, bull, bull account, burn to, century, choose to,
   clamor for, colossal, covet, crave, cry for, day after day,
   de longue haleine, dearly love to, desire, diffuse, diffusive,
   dragging, drawn-out, dream, dream of, elongate, elongated, endless,
   enduringly, eternity, extended, extensive, fancy, far-flung,
   far-reaching, fargoing, filled out, flatulent, for an age,
   for life, for long, gangling, gangly, gape for, giant, gigantic,
   great, hanker, hone for, hope for, hour after hour, hunger,
   interminable, interminably, itch, itch for, itch to, languish for,
   languishing, lank, lanky, large, lasting, leggy, lengthened,
   lengthy, like to, lingering, long account, long ago, long for,
   long interest, long side, long since, long time, long to,
   long while, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out,
   long-legged, long-pending, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent,
   longish, longs, longsome, love to, lust, lust for, marathon, miss,
   month after month, month of sundays, morning, no end of, noon, out,
   outstretched, overlong, padded, pant for, persistently, pine,
   pine for, prolix, prolonged, protracted, protractedly, rangy,
   right smart spell, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, sigh, sigh for,
   since time began, spoil for, spun-out, statuesque, stretched-out,
   sustained, talkative, tall, the livelong day, thirst, thirst for,
   till doomsday, time immemorial, undyingly, unendingly, unrelenting,
   verbose, want, want to, weary for, windy, wish, wish for, wish to,
   without end, wordy, year after year, yearn, yearn for, years,
   years on end, yen, yen for

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

long -- u.s. county in georgia
   population 2000:    10304
   housing units 2000: 4232
   land area 2000:     400.919002 sq. miles 1038.375404 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.574807 sq. miles 6.668719 sq. km
   total area 2000:    403.493809 sq. miles 1045.044123 sq. km
   located within:       georgia ga, fips 13
   location:             31.764099 n, 81.763179 w
   headwords:
    long
    long, ga
    long county
    long county, ga

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

long, ok -- u.s. census designated place in oklahoma
   population 2000:    363
   housing units 2000: 140
   land area 2000:     7.647521 sq. miles 19.806988 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    7.647521 sq. miles 19.806988 sq. km
   fips code:            43900
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             35.499104 n, 94.563038 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    long, ok
    long

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