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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. make long or longer by pulling and stretching;
- Example: "stretch the fabric"
[syn: elongate, stretch]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow;
[syn: linear, elongate]

2. having notably more length than width; being long and slender;
- Example: "an elongate tail tapering to a point"
- Example: "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
[syn: elongate, elongated]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] [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. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elongate \E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." --Earle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elongate adj 1: (of a leaf shape) long and narrow [syn: linear, elongate] 2: 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" [syn: elongate, elongated] v 1: make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" [syn: elongate, stretch]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "elongate": continue, drag out, draw, draw out, elongated, extend, extended, lengthen, lengthen out, lengthened, lengthy, let out, long, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string, string out, tauten, tense, tighten