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elongated

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e·lon·gate  (-lônggt, -lng-)
tr. & intr.v. e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates
To make or grow longer.
adj. or elongated
1. Made longer; extended.
2. Having more length than width; slender.

[Late Latin longre, longt-; see eloign.]
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Adj.1.elongated - drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"
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"
2.elongated - having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
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"

elongated
adjective extended, long, stretched
Translations
Spanish elongated [ˈiːlɔŋgeɪtɪd] adjalargado
French elongated [ˈiːlɔŋgeɪtɪd] adjétiré(e)allongé(e)
German elongated [ˈiːlɔŋgeɪtɪd] adjlang gestreckt;
(shadow) → verlängert

Italian elongated [ˈiːlɔŋgeɪtɪd] adjallungato/a

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Breeders believe that long limbs are almost always accompanied by an elongated head.
He entered, after having twisted his mustache and elongated his imperial, which always announced on his part the most triumphant resolutions.
Indeed the moon, liquid and pliable in the first days of its formation, was originally a perfect sphere; but being soon drawn within the attraction of the earth, it became elongated under the influence of gravitation.
 
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