Definition of elongate Elongate
/ɪlɔˈŋgejt/ - [ilonggeyt] - e•lon•gate
We found 15 definitions of elongate from 6 different sources.
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What does elongate mean?
WordNet
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| elongate - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" | ||
| stretch | ||
| lengthen become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" | ||
| shoetree, tree stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | ||
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| elongate - 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" | ||
| elongated | ||
| elongate - (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | ||
| linear | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- elongate (a.)
To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. - elongate (a.)
To remove further off. - elongate (v. i.)
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. - elongate (a.)
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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elongate
To draw out to greater length. -
elongate
To increase in length.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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elongate
e-long′gāt, v.t. to make longer: to extend.—p.adjs. Elong′ate, -d.—n. Elongā′tion, act of lengthening out: distance. [Low L. elongāre, -ātum—e, out, longus, long.]
Part of speech
🔤- elongate, verb, present, 1st person singular of elongate (infinitive).
- elongate, verb (infinitive).
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