longed (verb)

  • 1long — I [[t]lɒ̱ŋgɪst, AM lɔ͟ːŋgɪst[/t]] TIME ♦ longest 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with v, oft ADV adv/prep Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time. Repairs to the cable did not take too long... Have you known her parents long?... I… …

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  • 2do justice — verb 1. bring out fully or to advantage (Freq. 1) This photograph does not do her justice • Hypernyms: ↑show • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody Something s t …

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  • 3keep one's counsel — verb a) To keep ones own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning ones own thoughts, deeds, or situation. As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell her all, but he kept his counsel …

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  • 4pull someone down a peg — verb To lower someones high self opinion. She longed to pull him down a peg or two …

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  • 5despise — verb he despised weakness Syn: detest, hate, loathe, abhor, execrate, deplore, dislike; scorn, disdain, look down on, deride, sneer at, revile; spurn, shun; formal abominate; archaic, or literary contemn Ant …

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  • 6slake — verb we longed for a mountain spring to slake our thirst Syn: quench, satisfy, sate, satiate, relieve, assuage …

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  • 7long — I UK [lɒŋ] / US [lɔŋ] adjective Word forms long : adjective long comparative longer superlative longest *** 1) lasting for a large amount of time It s a long time since I saw Rachel. There was a long pause before he spoke. Many people face a long …

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  • 8long — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ desperately ▪ He longed desperately to be back at home. ▪ secretly ▪ They were the words she had secretly longed to hear. ▪ always …

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  • 9long — long1 [ lɔŋ ] adjective *** ▸ 1 measurement/distance ▸ 2 lasting long time ▸ 3 measuring distance/time ▸ 4 book/letter/list ▸ 5 clothes ▸ 6 about ball in sports ▸ 7 drink: in tall glass ▸ 8 about vowel ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) measuring a large amount… …

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  • 10long — 1 adjective 1 OBJECT/LINE measuring a great length or a greater length than usual from one end to the other: Cher used to have really long hair. | The line to get into the movie was so long we gave up. | The Aleutian Islands form the longest… …

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