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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Along \A*long"\, preposition By the length of, as distinguished from across. ''Along the lowly lands.'' --Dryden.
The kine . . . went along the highway. --1 Sam. vi. 12.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Along \A*long"\ [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the preposition phrase {along of}.)
{Along of}, {Along on}, often shortened to {Long of}, preposition phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] ''On me is not along thin evil fare.'' --Chaucer. ''And all this is long of you.'' --Shak. ''This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.'' --London Punch.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Along \A*long"\ (?; 115), adverb [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang, along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. ?, Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See {Long}.]
1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. --Dryden.
2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
We will go along by the king's highway. --Numb. xxi. 22.
He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. --Coleridge.
3. In company; together.
He to England shall along with you. --Shak.
{All along}, all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout. ''I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper.'' --Addison.
{To get along}, to get on; to make progress, as in business. ''She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.'' --Mrs. Stowe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
along
adverb
1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: {on}]
2: in accompaniment or as a companion; "his little sister came along to the movies"; "I brought my camera along"; "working along with his father"
3: to a more advanced state; "the work is moving along"; "well along in their research"; "hurrying their education along"; "getting along in years"
4: in addition (usually followed by 'with'); "we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package"; "along with the package came a bill"; "consider the advantages along with the disadvantages"
5: in line with a length or direction (often followed by 'by' or 'beside'); "pass the word along"; "ran along beside me"; "cottages along by the river"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "along": abeam, abreast, additionally, ahead, along by, alongside, as well, at length, beside, by, en route to, endlong, endways, endwise, for, forth, forward, forwards, furthermore, in length, lengthways, lengthwise, likewise, longitudinally, longways, longwise, moreover, on, onward, onwards, too, yea, yet
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