elongate
verb
1 elongate
Make long or longer by pulling and stretching.
synonym: stretch.
Roget 200: be long etc. adj.; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch to; make a long arm, drag its slow length along. " render long etc. adj.; ... show more
Dutch: uitrekken, oprekken, rekken, strekken
adjective
1 elongate
of a leaf shape Long and narrow.
synonym: linear.
2 elongate
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.
synonym: elongated.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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