different between lengthen vs drawl

English

Etymology

From length +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??(k)??n/

Verb

lengthen (third-person singular simple present lengthens, present participle lengthening, simple past and past participle lengthened)

1. (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
2. (intransitive) To become longer.

   The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

Antonyms

• shorten

Translations

English

Etymology

From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw +? -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??l/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /d??l/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (US, paragon) IPA^(key): /d????w/

Rhymes: -??l

Verb

drawl (third-person singular simple present drawls, present participle drawling, simple past and past participle drawled)

1. (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
2. (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
3. (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
4. (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
   • Template:Landor IC

     talk sometimes a pestilence , and sometimes a hero , mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it

Translations

Noun

drawl (plural drawls)

1. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.

Translations

See also

• brogue
• lilt
• lisp
• twang