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Adjective: elongated  i'long,gey-tid or 'ee,lóng,gey-tid [N. Amer], 'ee,lóng,gey-tid [Brit]
  1. Drawn out or made longer spatially
    "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote";
    - extended, lengthened, prolonged
     
  2. Having notably more length than width; being long and slender
    "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame";
    - elongate
Verb: elongate  i'long,geyt or 'ee,lóng,geyt [N. Amer], 'ee,lóng,geyt [Brit]
  1. Make long or longer by pulling and stretching
    "elongate the fabric";
    - stretch

See also: long

Type of: lengthen

Encyclopedia: Elongated

Elongate