Longest

2 definitions found

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

  Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS.
     long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
     Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
     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.
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     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.
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     3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
        lingering; as, long hours of watching.
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     4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
        time; far away.
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              The we may us reserve both fresh and strong
              Against the tournament, which is not long.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     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.
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     6. Far-reaching; extensive. " Long views." --Burke.
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     7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
        utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See {Short},
        a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
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     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}.
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     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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  longest
       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: {longer}]
       adv : for the most time; "she stayed longest"