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long-spun — longˈ spun adjective Long drawn out, tedious • • • Main Entry: ↑long … Useful english dictionary
long-spun — a. Lengthy, tedious, long winded, spun out … New dictionary of synonyms
long — Synonyms and related words: a mile long, ache, ache for, ache to, aeon, age, ages, aim, and night, aspire, be dying for, be dying to, be hurting for, big, blue moon, bull, bull account, burn to, century, choose to, clamor for, colossal, covet,… … Moby Thesaurus
long winded — Synonyms and related words: all jaw, blah, broken record, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, de longue haleine, drawn out, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, effusive, endless, everlasting, expansive, extended, filled… … Moby Thesaurus
long — I. a. 1. Lengthy, drawn out. 2. Protracted, prolonged, lengthy. 3. Extended, in extent. 4. Long winded, spun out, long spun, tedious, prolix, diffuse. 5. Lingering, longing. 6. Far seeing, far reaching, extensive. 7. Slow, dilato … New dictionary of synonyms
long-drawn — adj 1. prolonged, protracted, lengthy, long, longsome, overlong. See long(def. 2). 2. long winded, windy, long spun, copious; repetitious, redundant, battological, pleonastic, tautologic; meandering, roundabout, circumlocutory, ambagious; verbose … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Long draw (spinning) — Long draw is the spinning technique used to create woolen yarns. It is spun from carded rolags. It is generally spun from shorter stapled fibers. Long draw spun yarns are light, lofty, stretchy, soft, and full of air, thus they are good… … Wikipedia
Spun — (sp[u^]n), imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spun hay — Spun Spun (sp[u^]n), imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short fibered, broken, and waste silk,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spun silk — Spun Spun (sp[u^]n), imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short fibered, broken, and waste silk,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
