lengthen
verb
to become longer, or to make something longer
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To change the length of something
turn up
to make a piece of clothing or cloth shorter by making a fold along the bottom edge and fastening it with stitches
pay out
if you pay out a rope, you gradually let it become straight and long so that it is no longer wound in a series of circles
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vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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