elongateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈiː.lɒŋ.ɡeɪt/us/ɪˈlɑːŋ.ɡeɪt/to become or make something become longer, and often thinner:
The cells elongate as they take in water.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming bigger
- accrue
- augment
- billow
- bloat
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extendable
- extension
- grow
- oak
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch
- supersize
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elongation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌiː.lɒŋˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌlɑːŋˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
elongateadjective
uk/ˈiː.lɒŋ.ɡeɪt/us/ɪˈlɑːŋ.ɡeɪt/specializedhaving a shape that is much longer than it is wide:
Acanthoclinus are elongate fishes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Narrow and thin
- narrow
- taper
- thin
- thinly
- wafer-thin