单词	elongate
释义	elongatee‧lon‧gate /ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt $ ɪˈlɒːŋ-/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINelongate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare ‘to make longer’ Verb Table VERB TABLE elongate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they elongate he, she, it elongates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they elongated Present perfect I, you, we, they have elongated he, she, it has elongated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had elongated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will elongate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have elongated Continuous Form Present I am elongating he, she, it is elongating you, we, they are elongating Past I, he, she, it was elongating you, we, they were elongating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been elongating he, she, it has been elongating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been elongating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be elongating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been elongating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Wearing high-heeled shoes elongates the leg. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Hold that stretch, pulling and elongating the spine from the very base out of the hips, chin to chest. Moreover, muscles need different types of exercise; exercise that contracts muscles but does not elongate them may not be adequate. This time Laura did not elongate herself so much as stretch herself into a kind of thin phlegmy mess. to become longer, or make something longer than normal:  Her legs were elongated by the very high heels which she wore.—elongation /ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən $ ɪˌlɒːŋ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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