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Elongate

Elongate Meaning & Definition
Elongate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elongate?

[adj] 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"
[adj] of a leaf shape; long and narrow
[v] make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elongate: elongated | linear | long | simple | stretch | unsubdivided

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elongate: continue | drag out | draw | draw out | elongated | extend | extended | lengthen | lengthen out | lengthened | lengthy | let out | long | produce | prolong | prolongate | protract | pull | spin out | strain | stretch | stretch out | string | string out | tauten | tense | tighten

See Also | lengthen

Elongate In Webster's Dictionary

\E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elongated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elongating}.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See {Long}, a., and cf. {Eloign}.] 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. 2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
\E*lon"gate\, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
\E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. ``An elongate form.'' --Earle.

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