elongate
make long or longer by pulling and stretching (Freq. 1) - stretch the fabric • Syn: stretch • Derivationally related forms: stretch (for: stretch), stretcher (for: stretch), stretching (for: stretch), elongation • Hypernyms: lengthen • Hyponyms: tree, shoetree • Cause: stretch • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
1. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow • Syn: linear • Similar to: simple, unsubdivided 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: elongated • Similar to: long
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