About The Word Elongate
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Elongate
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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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