Open English Wordnet
Verbs
Adjectives
(a)longprimarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified“a long life”,
“a long boring speech”,
“a long time”,
“a long friendship”,
“a long game”,
“long ago”,
“an hour long” (a)longprimarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified“a long road”,
“a long distance”,
“contained many long words”,
“ten miles long” (s)longof relatively great height“a race of long gaunt men” (Sherwood Anderson),
“looked out the long French windows” (a)longholding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices“is long on coffee”,
“a long position in gold” (a)long(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration“the English vowel sounds in ‘bate’, ‘beat’, ‘bite’, ‘boat’, ‘boot’ are long” (s)longinvolving substantial risk“long odds” (s)longhaving or being more than normal or necessary“long on brains”,
“in long supply” Adverbs
(r)longfor an extended time or at a distant time“a promotion long overdue”,
“something long hoped for”,
“his name has long been forgotten”,
“talked all night long”,
“how long will you be gone?”,
“arrived long before he was expected”,
“it is long after your bedtime” (r)longfor an extended distance