The verb long has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
Overview of adj long
The adj long has 9 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (118) long -- (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. (107) long -- (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. (2) long -- (of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows")
4. retentive, recollective, long, tenacious -- (good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory")
5. long -- (holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold")
6. long -- ((of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; " the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long")
7. long -- (involving substantial risk; "long odds")
8. farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted -- (planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues")
9. long -- (having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply")
Overview of adv long
The adv long has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (37) long -- (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")