Meaning: The shadows of objects are long and stretched out on the grass.
Choice of Words: Shadows are dark areas where light is blocked. Stretch means to extend or lengthen something. Grass is a type of plant that grows on the ground.
Alternative Expressions
The shadows grow long on the grass.
Meaning: This sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentence, but it uses the verb grow to describe how the shadows are becoming longer and wider.
Choice of Words:Grow means to become larger or bigger. Other than that, all the other words are the same as in the first sentence.
Long shadows stretch across the grass.
Meaning: This sentence has a similar meaning to the first two sentences, but it uses the preposition across to describe how the shadows are stretching from one side of the grass to the other.
Choice of Words:Across means from one side to the other. Other than that, all the other words are the same as in the first sentence.