[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:
elongated \elongated\ adj.
1. having a length noticeably longer than the width.
Syn: elongate.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. rendered longer.
Syn: lengthened.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
elongated
adj 1: 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"
[syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged]
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "elongated":
dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elliptical, elongate,
extended, lengthened, lengthy, oblong, oblongated, oblongitudinal,
prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled, rectangular, spun out,
straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, strung out, taut,
tense, tight