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long
Adjective
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If something is long, it takes a lot of time.
At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie.
That was a long time ago, when I was a child.
How long is it until we have our trip?
He was often quiet for long periods of time.
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If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end.
It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair.
The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide.
You can hear it across long distances.
She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket.
long
Adverb
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If something takes long, it takes a lot of time.
We had dinner together not so long ago.
I do not know how long I was standing there.
She left home long before I did.
I could not go on any longer.
Those days are so long gone.
This change is long overdue.
long
Verb
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If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.
Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.
legged
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adjective
having legs of a specified kind or number
four-legged animals
a peg-legged man
bat
Noun
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A bat is a small, furry animal (a mammal) that has wings and can fly.
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A bat is a special stick used to hit the ball in baseball, and in some other games.
bat
Verb
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If you bat, you swing something or try to hit something.
She batted her eyelashes shyly.
The cat batted at the mouse with its paws.
The baseball player did not bat well in the game.