Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a length noticeably longer than the width.
- adjective rendered longer.
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- adjective
extensive in length - adjective stretched
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
elongate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective drawn out or made longer spatially
- adjective having notably more length than width; being long and slender
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Examples
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The expression elongated his face, giving him a gaunt look accentuated by his perpetually startled brown eyes.
Hair Raiser Cohen, Nancy J, 2000
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Agreen laser pointer from Warnlaser has the best centralized light dot and the most beautiful green beam which can be seen, like a green sword elongated by David Copperfield, in the midst of the firmament in the night.
WN.com - Articles related to STB backs new phone application to help visitors 2010
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Rocks consist of gravel ridges and are best described as elongated whale-shaped hills formed by glacial actions (Drumlins) The higher planes of Chorley and Leyland indicate that the underlying rocks have emerged from this drift.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows karlbarrett81 2010
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Agreen laser pointer from Warnlaser has the best centralized light dot and the most beautiful green beam which can be seen, like a green sword elongated by David Copperfield, in the midst of the firmament in the night.
WN.com - Articles related to STB backs new phone application to help visitors 2010
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Specifically, the Kissinger patent shows a pull rod extending into a channeled horizontal track to guide the screen panel-in other words, an elongated member extending into screen tracks.
Promote the Progress - Patent case bibliographic summaries 2009
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Among the elongated are the film-opening combat, Tony and Rhodes 'plane ride, and a post-climactic chat featuring Tony and foe on their backs.
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I heard her just fine, but she reported that my speech was somehow "elongated" and that I "sounded like one of those cartoon" voices.
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I personally think that anything longer than ten episodes, we're throwing other things into this season, such as elongated flashbacks of Robert's Rebellion, etc.
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It gave his face a lean, rather surprisingly attractive ascetic look—the look of long-distance runners, saints, martyrs, and fanatics, the kind of elongated, soulful face that El Greco painted so hauntingly.
Twilight Nancy Pickard 1995
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The jambins are a kind of elongated eel-pot in which they catch more, especially lobsters and red garnet.
The Fête At Coqueville 1907 ��mile Zola 1871
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