[lengkth, length, lenth] 
| 1. | the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. |
| 2. | the measure of the greatest dimension of a plane or solid figure. |
| 3. | extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration, account, book, etc.: a report running 300 pages in length. |
| 4. | extent in time; duration: the length of a battle. |
| 5. | a distance determined by the extent of something specified: Hold the picture at arm's length. |
| 6. | a piece or portion of a certain or a known extent: a length of rope. |
| 7. | the quality or state of being long rather than short: a journey remarkable for its length. |
| 8. | the extent to which a person might or would go in pursuing something: He went to great lengths to get what he wanted. |
| 9. | a large extent or expanse of something. |
| 10. | the measure from end to end of a horse, boat, etc., as a unit of distance in racing: The horse won by two lengths. |
| 11. | Clothing. the extent of a garment related to a point it reaches, as on the wearer's body, the floor, or on a garment used as a standard of measurement (usually used in combination): an ankle-length gown; a floor-length negligee; a three-quarter-length coat. |
| 12. | Prosody, Phonetics.
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| 13. | Bridge. the possession of four or more than four cards in a given suit. |
| 14. | Theater Archaic. 42 lines of an acting part. |
| 15. | at length,
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| 16. | go to any length or lengths, to disregard any impediment that could prevent one from accomplishing one's purpose: He would go to any lengths to get his own way. |
| 17. | keep at arm's length. arm 1 (def. 16). |
length (lěngkth, lěngth)
n.
The linear distance between two points.
go to any length
Also, go to great lengths. Take a great deal of trouble for something, go to extremes. For example, He'll go to great lengths to make a perfect chocolate cake, or, as Benjamin Disraeli put it in Coningsby (1844): "He would go ... [to] any lengths for his party."
