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Entry 19 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Long

/läng/ · IPA /lɑŋ/
01 a. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broa…
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.
    Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
  4. 4.
    Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
    “The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament, which is not long.” — Spenser.
  5. 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.
  6. 6.
    Far-reaching; extensive.
  7. 7.
    Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.(Phonetics) See: Short
  8. 8.
    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.(Finance & Com.)
Phrases & compounds
In the long run — in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long clam — 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 — See Division.
Long dozen — one more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home — the grave.
Long measure — See under Measure, Meter.
Long Parliament — the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653.
Long price — the full retail price.
Long purple — a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula.
Long suit — a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards.
Long tom — A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel.
Long wall — 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.
To be long of the market — 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.
To have a long head — to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
02 n. A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
  1. 1.
    A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.(Mus.)
  2. 2.
    A long sound, syllable, or vowel.(Phonetics)
  3. 3.
    The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.
03 adv. To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.
  1. 1.
    To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.
  2. 2.
    To a great extent in time; during a long time.
    “They that tarry long at the wine.” — Prov. xxiii. 30.
    “When the trumpet soundeth long.” — Ex. xix. 13.
  3. 3.
    At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
  4. 4.
    Through the whole extent or duration.
    “The bird of dawning singeth all night long.” — Shak.
  5. 5.
    Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
04 prep. By means of; by the fault of; because of.
  1. 1.
    By means of; by the fault of; because of.[Obs.]
05 v. i. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.
imp. & p. p. Longed; p. pr. & vb. n. Longing
  1. 1.
    To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.
    “I long to see you.” — Rom. i. 11.
    “I have longed after thy precepts.” — Ps. cxix. 40.
    “I have longed for thy salvation.” — Ps. cxix. 174.
    “Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.” — Arbuthnot.
  2. 2.
    To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for.[Obs.]
    “The labor which that longeth unto me.” — Chaucer.