vverb.changemake long or longer by pulling and stretchingSynset:elongate stretch
Derivationally Related Form:stretchingstretcherelongationstretch
Hypernyms:lengthen
Inherited Hypernyms:elongatelengthenincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:shoetreetree
Causes:stretch
Full Troponyms:tree
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.alldrawn out or made longer spatiallySynset:extended lengthened prolonged
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:short
Inherited Hypernyms:elongated
Similar to:long
adj satadj.allhaving notably more length than width; being long and slenderSynset:elongate
Examples:- an elongate tail tapering to a point
- the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
Antonyms:short
Inherited Hypernyms:elongate
Similar to:long