Elongate
['iːlɒŋgeɪt] or [ɪ'lɔŋɡet]
Definition
(verb.) make long or longer by pulling and stretching; 'stretch the fabric'.
(adj.) 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' .
Typed by Jody--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
(a.) To remove further off.
(v. i.) To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
(a.) Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
Edited by Elsie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Lengthen, stretch, draw out, lengthen out.
Inputed by Gracie
Definition
v.t. to make longer: to extend.—p.adjs. Elong′ate -d.—n. Elongā′tion act of lengthening out: distance.
Editor: Miriam
Examples
- Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflection on the wall to elongate, and Mr. Cruncher rose and stepped forward. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- An important result of these changes is the use of elongated instead of round balls, this permitting of the employment of much heavier projectiles for the same width of bore. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This I felt sure was Eliza, though I could trace little resemblance to her former self in that elongated and colourless visage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- An extremely wide flank-membrane stretches from the corners of the jaw to the tail, and includes the limbs with the elongated fingers. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Yet in North America there are woodpeckers which feed largely on fruit, and others with elongated wings which chase insects on the wing. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The boilers have also been elongated, to enlarge the evaporating surface and economize fuel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The container is then forced by the pump against an elongated die of the size of the pipe required. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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