elongate

Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: stretchlinearelongated

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. make long or longer by pulling and stretching“stretch the fabric”Synonyms: stretch

Adjective (2)

  1. (of a leaf shape) long and narrowSynonyms: linear
  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”Synonyms: elongated
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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