LONG: значение слова

I. biographical name Crawford Williamson 1815-1878 American surgeon,

II. biographical name Pierce 1893-1935 American politician,

III. biographical name Stephen Harriman 1784-1864 American army officer & explorer

long ago
noun
Date: 1851
the distant past

long ball
noun
Date: 1938
home run

long beach
geographical name city & port SW California SE of Los Angeles population 461,522, city SE New York on island S of Long Island population 35,462

long bone
noun
Date: circa 1860
any of the elongated bones supporting a vertebrate limb and consisting of an essentially cylindrical shaft that contains bone marrow and ends in enlarged heads for articulation with other bones

long branch
geographical name city E central New Jersey on the Atlantic population 31,340

long distance
noun
Date: 1904
communication by long-distance telephone, a telephone operator or exchange that gives long-distance connections

long division
noun
Date: 1827
arithmetical division in which the several steps involved in the division are indicated in detail

long face
noun
Date: 1786
a facial expression of sadness or melancholy

long green
noun
Date: circa 1891
money

long haul
noun
Date: 1936
a long distance, a considerable period of time, long-haul adjective

long horse
noun
Date: circa 1934
vaulting horse

long hundredweight
noun
Date: circa 1934
hundredweight 2

long in the tooth
phrasal past one's best days ; old

long island
geographical name island 118 miles (190 kilometers ) long SE New York S of Connecticut area 1723 square miles (4462 square kilometers ) , longer noun

long island city
geographical name section of New York City in NW Queens

long island sound
geographical name inlet of the Atlantic between Connecticut & Long Island

long islander
noun see: Long Island

long johns
noun plural
Date: 1943
long underwear

long jump
noun
Date: 1882
a track-and-field event in which a jump for distance is made usually from a running start, longer noun

long jumper
noun see: long jump

long measure
noun see: long meter

long meter
noun
Date: 1718
a quatrain in iambic tetrameter in which the second and fourth lines and often the first and third lines rhyme

long run
noun
Date: 1627
a relatively long period of time, long-run adjective

long shot
noun
Date: 1867
a venture involving great risk but promising a great reward if successful, an entry (as in a horse race) given little chance of winning, a bet in which the chances of winning are slight but the possible winnings great

long since
adverb
Date: 14th century
long ago , for a long time

long suit
noun
Date: circa 1876
a holding of more than the average number of cards in a suit, strong suit , forte

long tom
noun
Etymology: from the name Tom
Date: 1832
a large land gun having a long range, a trough for washing gold-bearing earth

long ton
noun
Date: 1829
see: weight

long view
noun
Date: 1912
an approach to a problem or situation that emphasizes long-range factors

long xuyen
geographical name city S Vietnam in SW Cochin China on S side of Mekong Delta population 128,817