elongate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'elongate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Elongate

[ a.]

- To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
- To remove further off.
- Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.

2 . Elongate

[ v. i.]

- To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

1 . elongate

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching

Example in sentence:

2 . elongate

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- having notably more length than width; being long and slender

Example in sentence:

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