elongate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
adjective
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extended; lengthened.
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long and thin.
verb
adjective
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long and narrow; slender
elongate leaves
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lengthened or tapered
Other Word Forms
- elongative adjective
- subelongate adjective
- subelongated adjective
- unelongated adjective
Etymology
Origin of elongate
1530–40; < Late Latin ēlongātus lengthened out, past participle of ēlongāre to make longer, make distant, remove, equivalent to Latin ē- e- 1 + -longāre, derivative of longus long 1, longē far off
Example Sentences
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When stretched, solids elongate until they reach a critical stress point, then break suddenly in a process known as brittle fracture.
From Science Daily
Into it, he compressed 11 entangled, elongated figures, who seem to float in space.
That likely elongates efforts to end the conflict, adding to both upward pressure on crude prices and Treasury bond yields—both of which are likely to prevent stocks from escaping their current downturn.
From Barron's
That likely elongates efforts to end the conflict, adding to both upward pressure on crude prices and Treasury bond yields—both of which are likely to prevent stocks from escaping their current downturn.
From Barron's
Two weeks into the conflict, more than a dozen interviews with voters in Erlanger, Ky., revealed fears over the potential for another elongated U.S. war to distract from domestic concerns.
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