verb (used with object),e·lon·gat·ed,e·lon·gat·ing.
to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
verb (used without object),e·lon·gat·ed,e·lon·gat·ing.
to increase in length.
adjective Also e·lon·gat·ed .
extended; lengthened.
long and thin.
Origin of elongate
1530–40; <Late Latin ēlongātus lengthened out, past participle of ēlongāre to make longer, make distant, remove, equivalent to Latin ē-e-1 + -longāre, derivative of longuslong1, longē far off
Finally Bryant — 6-foot-6, 212 pounds of long, sinewy muscle — picks up a ball, takes a bunch of steps behind the half-court line, trots four long paces forward, elongates his arms, pushes forward, and … and … and …“Gimme my money!”
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Gently squeeze and press from the center toward the ends to elongate the roll slightly and even out thickness.
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They prove the power of intuitive user experiences that integrate media, merchandising and content to eliminate the steps that add friction to the customer journey and elongate the buying process.
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The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral.
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By keeping Brody alive, Gansa and his team have forced themselves to elongate his romantic relationship with Carrie as well.
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And it's easier to delay something than to make something happen, so things tended to elongate rather than abbreviate.
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All over the body we find a tendency to elongate certain muscles too much.
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The form is globular, ovoid or elongate, the apex frequently drawn out into a long tube.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole|Gary N. Calkins
The nucleus is elongate and extends through the greater part of the posterior half.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole|Gary N. Calkins
The head of a bristle-tail carries a pair of compound eyes and a pair of elongate many-jointed feelers.
The egg seems to be a rather rounded ovate, running to nearly spherical on the one hand to elongate oval on the other.
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British Dictionary definitions for elongate
elongate
/ (ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt) /
verb
to make or become longer; stretch
adjective
long and narrow; slenderelongate leaves
lengthened or tapered
Word Origin for elongate
C16: from Late Latin ēlongāre to keep at a distance, from ē- away + Latin longē (adv) far, but also later: to lengthen, as if from ē- + Latin longus (adj) long