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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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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
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مُسْتَطيل
langstrakt
kinyújtottmeghosszabbítottmegnyújtott
ílangur
ištįsęspailgaspailginimas
iegarensizstiepts
pretiahnutý
dar ve uzunuzatılmış
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
elongated
adj (= extra length added) → verlängert; (= stretched) neck → ausgestreckt; shape → länglich; body → lang gestreckt; orbit → elliptisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
elongated
[ˈiːlɒŋˌgeɪtɪd] adj → allungato/aCollins 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 nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
elongated
a. alargado-a, estirado-a, como el sistema de las vías digestivas.
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