ELONGATED

elongate, elongated

(adjective) 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”

elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

elongated (comparative more elongated, superlative most elongated)

extensive in length

stretched

(of a polyhedron) Having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.

Verb

elongated

simple past tense and past participle of elongate

Source: Wiktionary


ELONGATE

E*lon"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] Etym: [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.

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

E*lon"gate, v. i.

Definition: To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]

E*lon"gate, a. Etym: [LL. elongatus.]

Definition: Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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