elongated

e·lon·gate

 (ĭ-lông′gāt′, ĭ-lŏng′-)
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 ēlongāre, ēlongāt-; see eloign.]
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elongated

(ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪtɪd)
adj
1. long and narrow; slender
2. lengthened or tapered
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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elongated

adjective extended, long, stretched The light from the candle threw his elongated shadow on the walls.
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elongated

adjective
Having great physical length:
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Translations
مُسْتَطيل
langstrakt
langgestrecktverlängert
allongéélongé
kinyújtottmeghosszabbítottmegnyújtott
ílangur
ištįsęspailgaspailginimas
iegarensizstiepts
langgerektlangwerpig
langstrakt
pretiahnutý
dar ve uzunuzatılmış
伸长的

elongated

[ˈiːlɒŋgeɪtɪd] ADJalargado
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elongated

[ˈiːlɒŋgeɪtɪd] adj [shape, figure, line] → allongé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

elongated

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

[ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪtɪd] adjallungato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

elongated

(ˈiːloŋgeitid) , ((American) iˈlo:ŋgeitid) adjective
(made) long and narrow; stretched out. An oval looks like an elongated circle.
ˌelonˈgation noun
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elongated

a. alargado-a, estirado-a, como el sistema de las vías digestivas.
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