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adj
Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: draw out, prolong, stretch, elongate, enlengthen, extend, lengthen, produce, protract
Antonyms: abbreviate, abridge, chop down, chop off, cut short, compress, condense, curt, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, trim, truncate, saw off
verb
Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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verb
Followed by from: to be at a distance, or move away, from a thing; to depart; (specifically, astronomy) of a planet, star, or other astronomical object: to appear to recede from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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adjective satellite
having notably more length than width; being long and slender
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: elongated
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: linear
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make long or longer by pulling and stretching
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stretch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lengthen
Narrower terms: tree, shoetree
History
From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlonghos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign. Cognates * French éloigner
Across languages
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