Found 3 hits - Term: longer, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
longer \long"er\, n.
one who longs for anything.
1913 webster
- [2] : 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
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
longer
adj : having the greater length of two or the greatest length of
several; "the longer or long edge of the door"; "the
hypotenuse is the longest or long side of a right
triangle" syn: longest
n : a person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for
money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for
knowledge" syn: thirster, yearner
adv : for more time; "can i stay bit longer?"
see also:
longest thirster yearner
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