farthenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

farthen (third-person singular simple present farthens, present participle farthening, simple past and past participle farthened)

1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become farther; increase in distance.
   • 1992, J.C. Maso, Interfaces in Cementitious Composites:

     Covering this zone there is a porous transition zone with a thickness from 10 to 20 micrometers, which becomes more compacted as it farthens from the fibre.

   • 2010, Syed Naqi Husain Jafri, Essays on Literature, History & Society, page 105:

     […] With no fellow traveller except the ever farthening destination
     Having renounced all worldly desires, the heart
     Found itself caught in the charmed circle of that beauty.

語源 2

See farthing.

名詞

farthen (plural farthens)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of farthing