Definition of "length" in English

noun

1. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

2. Duration.

3. (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

4. (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.

5. (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

6. (figuratively) Total extent.

   • the length of a book

7. Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

   • a length of rope
   • a length of hair

8. (slang) A penis.

   • , Bride for the Billionaire Bear Shifter His cock felt firm under her palm, and her mouth watered as she imagined wrapping her lips around his length.

9. (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.

10. (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.

11. (oenology) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.

verb

1. (obsolete) To lengthen.

   • Pack night, peep day; good day, of night now borrow: / Short night, to-night, and length thyself to-morrow.