Elongate

Quick meaning: Elongate is an adjective meaning Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.

Meaning

Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.

More Meanings

1. To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
2. Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove.
3. To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
4. Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.
5. Followed by from: to be at a distance, or move away, from a thing; to depart; (specifically, astronomy) of a planet, star, or other astronomical object: to appear to recede from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere.

Example Sentences

Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.

VVhen the muſcles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again diſtends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before.

Schwarz had a glass of orange juice in his right hand. He tilted the glass slightly now, the surface of the liquid assuming an elongate outline.

He stood in the shadow of the pagoda, achieving a kinship between the building and himself by his elongate elegance, an air of old, uninsisting nobility.

Word Forms

• elongates
• elongating
• elongated
• elongatest
• elongatedst
• elongateth

Synonyms for elongate

Depending on context, synonyms include prolong, stretch, enlengthen, extend, lengthen, produce.

Antonyms for elongate

Common opposites include abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, curt, curtail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stretch, simple, long, linear, unsubdivided, lengthen.

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