Elongate

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.]
     Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An
     elongate form." --Earle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elongated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Elongating}.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to
     remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See {Long}, a., and
     cf. {Eloign}.]
     1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a
        line.
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     2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. i.
     To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede
     apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elongate
       adj 1: of a leaf shape; long and narrow [syn: {linear}]
       2: 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" [syn: {elongated}]
       v : make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the
           fabric" [syn: {stretch}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "elongate":
     continue, drag out, draw, draw out, elongated, extend, extended,
     lengthen, lengthen out, lengthened, lengthy, let out, long,
     produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, spin out, strain,
     stretch, stretch out, string, string out, tauten, tense, tighten