elongate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
    stretch.
    • stretch the fabric
  2. adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
    linear.
  3. adjective satellite having notably more length than width; being long and slender
    elongated.
    • an elongate tail tapering to a point
    • the old man's gaunt and elongated frame

WordNet

E*lon"gate transitive verb
Etymology
LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Elongated ; present participle & verbal noun Elongating
Definitions
  1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
  2. To remove further off. Obs. Sir T. Browne.
E*lon"gate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. R.
E*lon"gate adjective
Etymology
LL. elongatus.
Definitions
  1. Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Webster 1913