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elongate
(redirected from elongates)

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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.]

elongate [ˈiːlɒŋgeɪt]
vb
to make or become longer; stretch
adj
1. long and narrow; slender elongate leaves
2. lengthened or tapered
[from Late Latin ēlongāre to keep at a distance, from ē- away + Latin longē (adv) far, but also later: to lengthen, as if from ē- + Latin longus (adj) long]
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Verb1.elongate - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
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
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"
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"

elongate
verb lengthen, extend, stretch (out), make longer Plunge necklines and high heels help to elongate the body.
Translations
elongate [ˈiːlɒŋgeɪt] VT [+ material, object] → alargar, extender
elongate [ˈiːlɒŋgeɪt]
vt (= lengthen) [+ object] → allonger; [+ sound, vowel] → allonger
vis'allonger
elongate
vtverlängern; (= stretch out)lang ziehen, strecken
elongate [ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪt] vtallungare
elongate [ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪt] vtallungare


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