Long
Long , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., Dutch, & German lang, Icelandic langr, Swedish lång, Danish lang, Gothic laggs, Latin longus. r125. Compare 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.
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.
Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
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.
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.
Far-reaching; extensive.
Long views.
7.
(Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.
8.
(Finance & Commerce) 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.
Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded, etc.
Collocations (17)
In the long run , in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long clam (Zoology) , 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 dozen , one more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home , the grave.
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.) , the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653.
Long price , the full retail price.
Long purple (Botany) , a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula. — Dr. Prior
Long suit (Whist) , (a) (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards. R. A. Proctor. (b) One's most important resource or source of strength; as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.
Long tom (Zoology) , (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel. (b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western United States] The long-tailed titmouse.
Long wall (Coal Mining) , 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. [Obsolete] — Fairfax
To be long of the market or To go long of the market or To be on the long side of the market (Stock Exchange) , 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. [Cant]
To have a long head , to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
Long , noun
1.
(Music) 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
Long , adverb
[Anglo-Saxon lance.]
1.
To a great extent in space; as, a long drawn out line.
2.
To a great extent in time; during a long time.
They that tarry long at the wine.
When the trumpet soundeth long.
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.
5.
Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
Long , preposition
[Abbreviated from along. See 3d Along.]
By means of; by the fault of; because of. [Obsolete]
Long , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, from 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 for or after.
I long to see you.
I have longed after thy precepts.
I have longed for thy salvation.
Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones... at a great distance from the sea.
2.
To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obsolete]
The labor which that longeth unto me.