elongate
To make long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretchingTo make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
» This animal has an elongated body.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
längen, verlängern, ausdehnen
удлиня́тьudlinjátʹ, удлини́тьudlinítʹ
подо́вжуватиpodóvžuvaty, подо́вжитиpodóvžyty, видо́вжуватиvydóvžuvaty
make long or longer by pulling and stretching
(intransitive)To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
(intransitive)Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.
(obsolete, transitive)Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove.
(intransitive, obsolete)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.
Examples
16 sentencesThis animal has an elongated body.
A wide-angle lens elongates the subject.
The box is elongated but still cubic.
Stretching out the rubber band will elongate it considerably.
The creature had an elongated nose like a dog.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adFrom Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign.
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Forms
elongates, elongating, elongated, elongatedSynonyms
9 synonyms- make long or longer by pulling and stretching:stretch
Antonyms
18 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle