All prolong synonyms
proΒ·long
P p verb prolong
- elongate β Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- craned β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- lay over β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- craning β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- live on β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hang in β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- filibustering β Present participle of filibuster.
- hold over β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- defer β If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
- nasalize β to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- drawl β an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- intermitting β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- get with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- gentrified β very or excessively refined or elegant.
- make headway β forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- mothball β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- beetling β a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- lasted β to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- lengthen β to make longer; make greater in length.
- hung over β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- mark up β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hang over β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- dilate β to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- gentrify β to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- drag one's feet β to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- carry forward β to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
- let slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- expand β explain
- mothballed β a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
adj prolong
- in a nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- curtate β shortened
adjective prolong
- decurtate β Shortened, curtailed.
- abbreviate β If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- lessened β to become less.
- diminished β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- curtailed β to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.