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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 The light from the candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls.
Translations
elongated [ˈiːlɒŋgeɪtɪd] ADJalargado

elongated [ˈiːlɒŋgeɪtɪd] adj [shape, figure, line] → allongé(e)

elongated
adj (= extra length added)verlängert; (= stretched) neckausgestreckt; shapelänglich; bodylang gestreckt; orbitelliptisch

elongated [ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪtɪd] adjallungato/a
elongated [ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪtɪd] adjallungato/a

elongated
adj elongated [ˈiːloŋgeitid, (American ) iˈlo:ŋgeitid]
(made) long and narrow; stretched out An oval looks like an elongated circle. verleng مُسْتَطيل разтеглен protáhlý langstrakt verlängern επιμήκης alargado väljavenitatud باریک و دراز؛ کشیده شده venytetty allongé לְהַאֲרִיך लंबा पतला produljen kinyújtott memanjang ílangur allungato 引き伸ばされた 늘어난 pailgas, ištįsęs izstiepts; iegarens memanjang verlengen langstrakt wydłużony, podłużny alongado alungit удлинённый pretiahnutý podaljšan izdužen långsträckt, förlängd ซึ่งยืดออกไป dar ve uzun, uzatılmış 伸長的 витягнутий; подовжений طول دیا ہوا được kéo dài ra
n elonˈgation
verlenging تَطْويل разтегляне prodloužení langstrakthed die Verlängerung επιμήκυνση alargamiento pikendus درازی؛ کشیدگی pidentäminen allongement הַאֲרָכָה दीर्धीकरण produljenje kinyújtás pemanjangan lenging allungamento 引き伸ばし 연장선, 신장(伸長) pailginimas izstiepšana; pagarināšana pemanjangan verlenging forlengelse wydłużenie alongamento alungire удлинение predĺženie podaljšanje izduženost förlängning, utsträckning การยืดออกไป uzatma 伸長 видовження; розтягування تطویل sự làm dài ra


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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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