Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer.

synonyms: draw out, extend, prolong.

Roget 133: be late etc. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle etc. (be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; bide one's time, take one's time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over.    put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table [Parl.]; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve etc. (store) 636; temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it.    lose an opportunity etc. 135; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre [Fr.]; wait impatiently; await etc. (expect) 507; sit up, sit up at night.    ... show more

Roget 200: be long etc. adj.; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch to; make a long arm, drag its slow length along.   " render long etc. adj.; lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out^†; drawl.    enfilade, look along, view in perspective.    distend (expand) 194.    ... show more

Roget 573: be diffuse etc. adj.; run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate; launch out, branch out; rant.    maunder, prose; harp upon etc. (repeat) 104; dwell on, insist upon.    digress, ramble, battre la campagne [Fr.], beat about the bush, perorate, spin a long yarn, protract; spin out, swell out, draw out; battologize^†.    ... show more

Roget 110: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years.    tarry etc. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time.    outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again.    ... show more

Dutch: schetsen, rekken, op schaal tekenen, aanhouden, uitbreiden, prolongeren, verlengen