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balloon
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bulk
expand
explosively
flare
fluff something up
implacably
inflation
maximize
puff
pump someone up
reinflate
reinflation
scale something up
stretch
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lengthen | American Dictionary

lengthen
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈleŋk·θən, ˈleŋ-/

lengthenverb[I/T] (DISTANCE)

to make something longer, or to become longer:
[ T ]I’ll have to lengthen this skirt.
[ I ]In the late afternoon, the shadows of the haystacks lengthened.

lengthenverb[I/T] (TIME)

to make something take longer to happen, or to become longer:
[ T ]There is a plan to lengthen the summer theater workshop to eight weeks.

Examples of lengthen

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Without lengthening this list unduly, one could quote many other examples of transept arms reserved for the use of the clergy.
From a phonological viewpoint, moreover, the structure ad should favour, rather than inhibit, lengthening.
We know, and the results confirmed, that lengthening the initial links (choice phase) has a dramatic and quantifiably predictable effect on preference.
As this period lengthens the proportion who are still using their first method generally declines, 77% in their first year, 49% in their fourth year.
As the triangle lengthens this angle will decrease, so the triangular form cannot exist indefinitely.
Finnish children lengthened the consonant correctly in 157 of 202 words.
Similarly, very heavy attack lengthened the crop cycle by 2-11%.
The time is lengthened if a donor must be contacted, examined, and tested before finally having his/her stem cells harvested.
If all radiology examinations were lengthened by 2 minutes, then the additional annual cost of radiographer staff time would be approximately £41,000.
Moreover, the scene in question only lengthened the work without adding much interest to what it already offered.
As well as the change of title and alteration of the central role, the play was lengthened into two acts.
If parasites from a single infection event develop at differing rates, this essentially lengthens the overall duration of infection.
The result could have been better for all joints in all configurations if the training time had been lengthened.
Additionally, by lengthening the prismatic actuators, the dexterous workspace of the redundant manipulator significantly increases while the non-redundant manipulator's dexterous workspace does not change.
If final stress cannot be avoided (due to underlying stress or an iambic stress system), final stress is not made more prominent by being lengthened.
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