elongate
IPA: ɪɫˈɔŋgeɪt
verb
- (transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
- (intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
- (transitive, obsolete) To move to or place at a distance (from something).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to appear to recede from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
adjective
- Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
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Examples of "elongate" in Sentences
- The rope was elongated.
- The body of the bleak is elongated.
- An elongated flame aureole is popular.
- It is elongated on the east and the west.
- The elongated channels extend throughout the ribs.
- It is the dual of the elongated triangular tiling.
- The inferior appendage is elongated and cylindrical.
- Attached to the side of the post is an elongated turnbuckle.
- An elongated slot is in the tip segment along the length of the shaft.
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