to elongate
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5.8
- verb
- /ɪˈloʊŋɡeɪt/
:
alargar
- When you pull on the elastic band, it will elongate until it reaches its maximum stretch.
- elongated process
- elongated neck
- elongated shape
I slow it down, concentrate on the line, elongate the loop and modulate it.
- I slow it down, concentrate on the line, elongate the loop and modulate it.
- If you pull just out, you're going to elongate the eye long ways.
- That means simultaneously doing two things, elongating lifespan and improving health span.
- So one of the ways is to elongate them.
- He's looked into having his shins elongated.
- When A when the larger term was under my Y, the ellipse was elongated vertically.
Examples
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Now, this is a radish that's been growing for five days, and you can see that the stem has started to elongate, and the leaf has started to grow.
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This light shade down through the middle is really helping, helping to elongate the face.
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So you may need to, like I do, just to elongate the tail ever so slightly.
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If you pull just out, you're going to elongate the eye long ways.
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Well, if you have a round face shape, elongating your face will make your face look less round.
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The company claims that the material can be made to elongate, bend, or produce torsion.
Academic text (2002) -
Wide angle lenses tend to distort and elongate the distance between objects.
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The sash at your waist elongates your body the way the girl in the store promised.
Fiction book (1997) -
That means simultaneously doing two things, elongating lifespan and improving health span.
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As I stood watching, the feather of sky elongated to cobalt, striating the brownish haze.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
805
2.5
To grow larger in size, amount, or importance
285
1.0
Make something longer or wider by pulling it
265
2.7
To reach out with your body or make something longer
70
3.0
To make something bigger in size or amount
34
2.4
Make something longer in size, distance, or time
9
3.9
To make something reach forward, like an arm or wing
Antonyms
Compounds
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elongate comes from the prefix e- 'out' and the Latin longus 'long'. So to elongate something is to 'make it long' or 'lengthen', often by stretching or pulling.