Elongated

4 definitions found

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

  elongated \elongated\ adj.
     1. having a length noticeably longer than the width.
  
     Syn: elongate.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  


     2. rendered longer.
  
     Syn: lengthened.
          [PJC]

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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elongated
       adj 1: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
              Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this
              year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate
              larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the
              page" [syn: {extended}, {lengthened}, {prolonged}]
       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: {elongate}]

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

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "elongated":
     dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elliptical, elongate,
     extended, lengthened, lengthy, oblong, oblongated, oblongitudinal,
     prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled, rectangular, spun out,
     straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, strung out, taut,
     tense, tight