elongate
verb (used with object)
to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
elongated
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past participleof elongate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof elongate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
elongateverb (used with object)to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
Example Sentences
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It could easily be an elongated version of one of her later pumpkins, rendered both in two dimensions and as sculptures, whose vibrant flesh and spotted surfaces have charmed so many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Soon afterward, Doppler weather radar at Newark Airport briefly detected an elongated cloud of falling pebbles extending from Staten Island into New Jersey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
So if you want a window moved or the bathroom expanded or the roof over the porch elongated, that change order would cost you about $2,000, on average.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Kelce popped the question with an elongated old mine cut cushion set within an engraved gold band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The elongated shape and the seven ridges on the turtle’s back perfectly mimicked the pattern on the shape in the map.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
