 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prolonged
adjective
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prolong \Pro*long"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Prolonged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Prolonging}.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro
before, forth + longus long. See {Long}, adjective, and cf.
{Prolongate}, {Purloin}. ]
1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
Prolong awhile the traitor's life. --Shak.
The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night.
--Dryden.
3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. --Shak.
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
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