adj.
1.primarily temporal sense
2.primarily spatial sense
3.of relatively great height
4.holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
5.of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot')
6.used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration
7.involving substantial risk
8.(of memory) having greater than average range
9.planning prudently for the future 10.having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains" long adv.
1.for an extended time or at a distant time
2.for an extended distance long n.
1.a comparatively long time long v.
1.desire strongly or persistently
Idiom of the Day
pound out (something) or pound (something) out
to type something on a typewriter, to play a song on a piano
I spent several hours trying to pound out an essay on my computer.
