v.

1. desire strongly or persistently;
   hanker, yearn

adj.

1. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
   
   • a long life
   • a long boring speech
   • a long time
   • a long friendship
   • a long game
   • long ago
   • an hour long
2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
   
   • a long road
   • a long distance
   • contained many long words
   • ten miles long
3. of relatively great height
   
   • a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows
4. good at remembering;
   retentive, recollective, tenacious
   
   • a retentive mind
   • tenacious memory
5. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
   
   • is long on coffee
   • a long position in gold
6. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
   
   • the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long
7. involving substantial risk
   
   • long odds
8. planning prudently for the future;
   farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, longsighted
   
   • large goals that required farsighted policies
   • took a long view of the geopolitical issues
9. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"
   
   • in long supply

adv.

1. for an extended time or at a distant time
   
   • a promotion long overdue
   • something long hoped for
   • his name has long been forgotten
   • talked all night long
   • how long will you be gone?
   • arrived long before he was expected
   • it is long after your bedtime
2. for an extended distance