Definition of Along

A`long´
adv.1.By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.
- Dryden.
2.In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
We will go along by the king's highway.
- Numb. xxi. 22.
He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along.
- Coleridge.
3.In company; together.
He to England shall along with you.
- Shak.
All along
all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout.
To get along
to get on; to make progress, as in business.
- Addison.
prep.1.By the length of, as distinguished from across.
The kine . . . went along the highway.
- 1 Sam. vi. 12.
1.Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.
Along of
owing to; on account of.
- Chaucer.


Related Words

abeam, abreast, additionally, ahead, along by, alongside, as well, at length, beside, by, en route to, endlong, endways, endwise, for, forth, forward, forwards, furthermore, in length, lengthways, lengthwise, likewise, longitudinally, longways, longwise, moreover, on, onward, onwards, too, yea, yet

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