Prolonged

3 definitions found

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

  Prolong \Pro*long"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prolonged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Prolonging}.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro
     before, forth + longus long. See {Long}, a., and cf.
     {Prolongate}, {Purloin}. ]
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     1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.


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     2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
        out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
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              Prolong awhile the traitor's life.    --Shak.
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              The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prolonged
       adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a
              drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a
              lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged
              and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn:
              {drawn-out}, {extended}, {lengthy}, {protracted}]
       2: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
          Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year";
          "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger
          planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: {elongated},
           {extended}, {lengthened}]
       3: (of illness) developing slowly or of long duration

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "prolonged":
     dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated,
     extended, interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy,
     lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out,
     long-pending, long-winded, longsome, marathon, overlong,
     prolongated, protracted, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling,
     strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out,
     taut, tense, tight