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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Long \Long\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Longed}; p. pr & vb n. {Longing}.] [AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after to long, to crave, to belong to fr lang long. See {Long}, a.] 1. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for 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. To belong; -- used with to unto, or for [Obs.] The labor which that longeth unto me --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Long \Long\, n. 1. (Mus.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large twice that of a breve. 2. (Phonetics) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. 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 --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Long \Long\, adv [AS. lance.] 1. To a great extent in apace; as a long drawn out line 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. 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. Through the whole extent or duration. The bird of dawning singeth all night long. --Shak. 5. Through an extent of time, more or less -- only in question; as how long will you be gone? From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Long \Long\, prep. [Abbreviated fr along See 3d {Along}.] By means of by the fault of because of [Obs.] See {Along of}, under 3d {Along}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Long \Long\, a. (Finance & Com.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Measure \Meas"ure\, n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr metiri mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Gr ?, E. meter. Cf {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged. 2. An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line rod, vessel, or the like False ells and measures be brought all clean adown. --R. of Gloucester. 3. The dimensions or capacity of anything reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as to take one's measure for a coat. The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. --Job xi 9. 4. The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount. It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal. --Luke xiii. 21. 5. Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure. Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure. --Is. v. 14. 6. Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action influence, ability, or the like due proportion. Lord, make me to know mine end and the measure of my days. --Ps. xxxix 4. 7. The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as to give good or full measure. 8. Undefined quantity; extent; degree. There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the performance of confession. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Regulated division of movement: a (Dancing) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet. b (Mus.) (1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. (2) The space between two bars. See {Beat}, {Triple}, {Quadruple}, {Sextuple}, {Compound time}, under {Compound}, a., and {Figure}. c (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence a foot; as a poem in iambic measure. 10. (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers. 11. A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure. His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error. --Clarendon. 12. The act of measuring; measurement. --Shak. 13. pl (Geol.) Beds or strata; as coal measures; lead measures. {Lineal}, or {Long}, {measure}, measure of length; the measure of lines or distances. {Liquid measure}, the measure of liquids. {Square measure}, the measure of superficial area of surfaces in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc {To have hard measure}, to have harsh treatment meted out to one to be harshly or oppressively dealt with {To take measures}, to make preparations; to provide means {To take one's measure}, to measure one as for a garment; hence to form an opinion of one's disposition, character, ability, etc {To tread a measure}, to dance in the style so called See 9 a . Say to her we have measured many miles To tread a measure with her on this grass. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: long adj 1: primarily temporal sense being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; ; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long" [ant: {short}] 2: primarily spatial sense of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long" [ant: {short}] 3: of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows" 4: (finance) holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold" [ant: {short}] 5: (phonetics) of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot') [ant: {short}] 6: (prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration 7: involving substantial risk; "long odds" 8: (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" [syn: {tenacious}] 9: planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" [syn: {farseeing}, {farsighted}, {foresighted}, {foresightful}, {longsighted}] 10: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply" n : a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long" adv 1: for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime" 2: for an extended distance v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: {hanker}, {yearn}] 2: have a yen for [syn: {ache}, {yearn}, {yen}, {pine}, {languish}]
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