elongate
Elongated, extended, lengthenedElongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
» This animal has an elongated body.
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1 sensesElongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.
having notably more length than width; being long and slender
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
3 languagesOrigin
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
more elongate, most elongate| Comparative | more elongate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most elongate Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form