The meaning of ELONGATE is to extend the length of. How to use elongate in a sentence. Did you know?

ELONGATE meaning: 1. to become or make something become longer, and often thinner: 2. having a shape that is much…. Learn more.

2016年12月5日 · Synonyms for ELONGATE: lengthen, extend, stretch, increase, prolong, drag (out), protract, draw out; Antonyms of ELONGATE: shorten, cut, reduce, curtail, cut back, decrease, diminish, lessen

ELONGATE definition: to make or become longer; stretch | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

If you elongate something or if it elongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer.

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To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. Lengthened; stretched. Made longer; extended. Long and narrow. Having more length than width; slender. New Latin elongare, elongat-, a combination of ex- ("out") + longus ("long").

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"

What does the verb elongate mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb elongate , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.