elongated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching
   stretch; elongate.
   
   • stretch the fabric
2. adjective satellite drawn out or made longer spatially
   lengthened; extended; prolonged.
   
   • Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
   • lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
   • the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
   • a prolonged black line across the page
3. adjective satellite having notably more length than width; being long and slender
   elongate.
   
   • an elongate tail tapering to a point
   • the old man's gaunt and elongated frame

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