Definition of prolong

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Prolong (a.) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days..

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Bay :: Bay (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking..
Intone :: Intone (v. i.) To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate..
Rumor :: Rumor (n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise..
Mousetail :: Mousetail (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse..
Great :: Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval..
Creak :: Creak (v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak..
Proostracum :: Proostracum (n.) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone..
Bawl :: Bawl (n.) A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry..
Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone..
Point :: Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes..
Elong :: Elong (v. t.) To lengthen out; to prolong.
Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes..
Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object..
Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.
Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) That which forms an additional length.
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