lengthwise
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3.0
- adverb
- /ˈlɛŋθˌwaɪz/
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a lo largo
- Cut the squash in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds and fibers.
- cut lengthwise
- slice lengthwise
- split lengthwise
But because our beds are running well, our our beds are running lengthwise North and South.
- But because our beds are running well, our our beds are running lengthwise North and South.
- You can have it going width wise across the room, or you can have it going lengthwise.
- They're typically sliced either lengthwise or in like little kind of slices, right discs.
- The jacket should close as high as possible, at least more or less in the middle of the jacket lengthwise.
- And so I'll go lengthwise across the ginger like this and just come in and really try to do maybe like a millimeter thick slices here as uniformly as I can.
- And then I want to pre stretch the mask sticky lengthwise like this I guess stretching it.
Examples
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You want to have it lengthwise oriented from east to West, not North and South.
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Wash the sweet potatoes, halve them lengthwise, and then cut each half into 3 long wedges.
Blog text (17) -
OK, so suppose you try to move the chain lengthwise, right?
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So I put it lengthwise, along the outside edge.
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It's only a five by seven, so I had to roll him up lengthwise, but he was in there good and tight.
Fiction book (1993) -
- Yeah, cut it in half lengthwise.
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We cut them in quarters lengthwise and we cut the core out.
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So I just cut them in half lengthwise and just lay them with the seeds side up.
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I cut the bar in half lengthwise and then cut the "strips" into four pieces.
Blog text (5) -
To make the recipe easier, cut the zucchini lengthwise before grilling.
Synonyms
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Along the length of something
Along the long side of something
Along the longest side of something
Along the longer side of something
With the end pointing forward along the length of something
One end points in a particular direction when you hold or move the object this way
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lengthwise is made of length (the long side or measurement of something) and -wise (meaning 'in the way of'), like in clockwise. So, lengthwise means 'in the direction of the length', for example when you fold or cut something along its longest side.