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elongate
[ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long-]
verb (used with object)
to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
verb (used without object)
to increase in length.
adjective
extended; lengthened.
long and thin.
elongate
/ ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt /
verb
to make or become longer; stretch
adjective
long and narrow; slender
elongate leaves
lengthened or tapered
Other Word Forms
- elongative adjective
- subelongate adjective
- subelongated adjective
- unelongated adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of elongate1
Example Sentences
Work for her campaign began and as the day elongated and dinner time passed, they ordered pizza, including one with cheese and anchovies.
“I wish that these big organizations were looking into these things differently, because you could elongate careers and elongate lives,” he said.
In his pre-tournament news conference, Djokovic made a frank admission that he does not "enjoy" the elongated format of the Masters tournaments, which have been stretched to two weeks over recent seasons.
“And people have observed that when the fault is very smooth, the rupture ... tends to propagate at a velocity” so fast that it results in an “extremely elongated rupture,” Avouac said.
It felt wonderful, as if my spine were elongating, all the stress draining from my back.
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