Elongate

Definitions: Elongate

Elongate

Adjective

1. Of a leaf shape; long and narrow.

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".

Verb

1. Make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Elongate

Length

Render long; Adjective: lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out; drawl.

Crosswords: Elongate

Zebrasoma flavescens - yellow tang. Ctenocheatus strigosus is large black surg disc-shaped surgeon fish. Mulloidichthys samoensis -goat fish. Elongate fish with yellow tail. Acanthurus leucopareius - surgeon fish with white bands. A healthy reef ecosystem in the 1960's.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Figure 25. Bachmann penetration tubes. These instruments are not properly sounders, but an accessory for use with the instruments of the time. The bacteriologist Martin Bachman designed these tubes in order to elongate the real sounder tube and penetrate more deeply into the sediment. These tubes achieved deep penetration but little sample material. First used on VALDIVIA in 1898.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "elongate": elongate leaf. Additional references.

Albanian

zgjatoj (hold out, lengthen, linger, prolong, protract, reach), zgjat (delay, extend, hold out, last, lengthen, let down, linger, postpone, prolong, protract, reach, reach out, spread, stretch, telescope), zgjas (carry over, delay, drag out, draw out, extend, lengthen, let down, postpone, project, prolong, protract, spin out, spread, stretch), shtrij (drape, expand, hold out, push, reach, recline, roll, spread, spread on, stretch, unfold). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مطول (lengthened, lengthy, prolonged, stretched), ‏مد (add to, dilate, distend, draw out, equip with, expand, extend, extension, furnish, help, lengthen, lengthening, outspread, outstretch, prolong, prolongate, prolongation, protract, protraction, provide, respite, spread, stretch, supply with), ‏إمتد (be extended, be prolonged, continue, expand, extend, lengthen, pervade, range, reach, sprawl, spread, stretch), ‏إستطال, ‏أطال (drag out, draw out, extend, prolong, protract, spin). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удължавам се (draw out), удължавам (extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch), изтънявам се (spindle, taper), изтеглям (draft, draw, drive up, pick up, pull, pull out, withdraw). (various references)

Chinese 

伸长 (Elongation). (various references)

Czech

protáhnout, prodloužit (extend, lengthen, let down, produce, prolong, pull out, renew). (various references)

Danish

slank stamsild (elongate ilisha), da overfladelagene af pladen har tendens til at forlaenge sig mere end det indre,opstaar der trykspaendinger i dem (as the surface layers of the sheet tend to elongate more than the internal zones a compressive stress is set up). (various references)

Dutch

slanke ilisha (elongate ilisha), doordat de oppervlaktelaag van een plaat de neiging heeft meer te verlengen dan de kern,ontstaan in deze laatste drukspanningen (as the surface layers of the sheet tend to elongate more than the internal zones a compressive stress is set up). (various references)

Finnish

hilsa-laji (elongate ilisha). (various references)

French

s'étirer, prolonger, prolongé, faire prolonger, allongé. (various references)

German

verlängern (eke out, extend, lengthen, make longer, produce, project, prolong, protract, renew, to elongate, to extend, to lengthen). (various references)

Greek 

μηκύνω (lengthen), μακρύσ (long), επιμηκύνω (elonate, lengthen, prolong), επιμήκησ (linear, oblong, slash). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"אריך (draw out, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, spin out, sustain). (various references)

Hungarian

megnyurgult (elongated), megnyúlt (drawn, elongated, prolate, strung out), megnyújtott (elongated), meghosszabbodott (elongated), meghosszabbított (elongated, extended, prolonged, protracted), kinyúlt (elongated). (various references)

Indonesian

memperpanjang (extend, lengthen, prolong). (various references)

Italian

allungarsi (extend, lengthen, reach, stretch, stretch out), allungare (extend, lengthen, prolong, put out, reach, renew, shoot out, slip, stick out, stretch, stretch out). (various references)

Korean 

벋�". (various references)

Manx

sheeyney (dilation, extension, give, hand, increase, lengthen, lengthening, marry, pass, produce, production, prolongation, prostrate, prostration, range, rick, spin out, sprain, spraining, spread, strain, stretch, stretch out, stretching, tension, uncoil), lhiuraghey (extension, prolongation, protract, stretch out, stretching). (various references)

Pig Latin

elongateay

Portuguese

expressão (accent, aspect, countenance, diction, expression, formulism, look, phrase, reflex, significance, signification, term, utterance, verbalism, voice, word, wording), delgado (fine, gaunt, lank, lean, reedy, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, tenuous, thin, wispy), alongar (extend, lengthen, prolong, stretch out), alongado (long, oblong). (various references)

Romanian

se lungi (become longer, fall, get longer, go on, grow longer, lengthen, loll), se întinde (extend, lie down, make, range, reach, recline, recoil, run, set off, spindle, sprawl, spread, stretch, sweep), alungit (oblong). (various references)

Russian 

удлинять (draw out, elongated, lengthen, lengthened, lengthening). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

produžiti (carry forward, extend, go on ahead, hold over, keep up, lengthen, proceed, prolong, prosecute, protract, resume). (various references)

Spanish

alargar (accord, convey, draw out, drop, dwell on, extend, give, hand, hand over, hold out, lengthen, let down, pass, protract, put forth, put out, reach, spend, spin out, strech out, throw out, touch), alargado (extended, outstretched). (various references)

Swedish

förlänga (be extended, extend, lengthen, produce, prolong, protract). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้ยาวขึ้น (lengthen out), ซึ่งยื�"ออกไป (elongated). (various references)

Turkish

uzatmak (augment, belabor, belabour, continue, drag out, draw out, eke out, enlarge, extend, grow, hand, hold out, hold over, lengthen, outstretch, pad out, pass, prolong, protract, pull out, rack, reach, renew, repose on, sidestep, span, spin out, sprawl out, spread, stand over, stick, stick out, stretch, stretch out, turn to, wiredraw), uzamak (augment, continue, draw out, extend, grow longer, hold over, lengthen, linger, pull out, scat, stretch, sweep), sürdürmek (carry on, continue, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, pursue, remain, support, sustain, uphold, wage). (various references)

Ukranian 

розтягуватися (dilate, spread out, stretch, stretch out, tail away, tail off, yield), розтягувати (balloon, distend, overblow, protract, pull, spin out, spread out, stretch), витягнутий (drawn, oblong, outstretched), продовжуватися (endure, run on, stay on), продовжувати (carry, carry on, continue, go ahead, go along, go on, keep on, proceed, produce, prolong, prolongate, prosecute, protract, pursue, resume), подовжений (oblongated). (various references)

Welsh

hwyhau (lengthen). (various references)

Ilisha elongata. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "elongate": elongated, elongates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Elongate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elangate, elegate, elonaget, elongatum, Helogale, Leengate, Longaker, Mlongoti. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: elegant, tangelo.

-2 letters: eaglet, etalon, gelant, gelate, gelato, gentle, goatee, lateen, legate, legato, negate, oleate, tangle, telega, tolane.

-3 letters: agene, agent, aglee, aglet, agone, alone, along, anele, angel, angle, anole, atone, eagle, eaten, elate, enate, genet, genoa, glean, gleet, gloat, laten, leant, lento, leone, logan, longe, notal, oaten, talon, tango, telae, tenge, togae, tolan, tonal, tonga.

-4 letters: aeon, agee, agon, alee, aloe, alto, ante, egal, elan, enol, etna, gaen, gale, gane, gaol, gate, gelt, gene, gent, geta, glee, glen, gnat, goal, goat, gone, lane, lang, late, lean, leet, leno, lent, loan, loge, lone, long, lota, neat, noel, nota, note, ogee, ogle, olea, tael, tale, tang, teal, teel, teen, tela, tele, toea, toga, tola, tole, tone, tong.

-5 letters: age, ago, ale, alt, ane, ant, ate, eat, eel, ego, eng, eon, eta, gae, gal, gan, gat, gee, gel, gen, get, goa, got, lag, lat, lea, lee, leg, let, log, lot, nae, nag, nee, net, nog, not, oat, ole, one, tae, tag, tan, tao, tea, tee, teg, tel, ten, toe, tog, ton.

+1 letter: elongated, elongates, gantelope.

+2 letters: delegation, gantelopes, goaltender, halogenate, negotiable, outgeneral, relegation.

+3 letters: congealment, delegations, genealogist, gentlewoman, goaltenders, halogenated, halogenates, nondelegate, outgenerals, relegations, teetotaling.

+4 letters: cladogenetic, congealments, conglomerate, deregulation, galvanometer, genealogists, generational, geotechnical, governmental, nematologies, nondelegates, nonregulated, outgeneraled, renegotiable, reregulation, teetotalling, unnegotiable, vegetational.

+5 letters: conglomerated, conglomerates, cytogenetical, deregulations, electromagnet, galvanometers, interregional, laryngectomee, neonatologies, noncollegiate, nonnegotiable, outgeneraling, paleomagnetic, planetologies, reregulations, unforgettable.

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