elongate (redirected from elongating)

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 [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]

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 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

vi → s'allonger

elongate

vt → verlängern; (= stretch out) → lang ziehen, strecken

vi → länger werden

elongate [ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪt] vt → allungare

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elongate [ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪt] vt → allungare