elongate (redirected from elongates)

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.

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[Late Latin longre, longt-; see eloign.]

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elongate [eel-long-gate]

Verb

[-gating, -gated] to make or become longer [Latin e- away + longe (adverb) far]

elongation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	elongate - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" stretch lengthen - make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" shoetree, tree - stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Adj.	1.	elongate - (of a leaf shape) long and narrow linear unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
	2.	elongate - 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" elongated 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"

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elongate

verb lengthen, extend, stretch (out), make longer