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

  • The expression elongated his face, giving him a gaunt look accentuated by his perpetually startled brown eyes.

    Hair Raiser Cohen, Nancy J, 2000

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    UltimateDisney.com and DVDizzy.com 2008

  • I heard her just fine, but she reported that my speech was somehow "elongated" and that I "sounded like one of those cartoon" voices.

    Review: Skype for iPhone 2009

  • 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.

    Info from casting breakdowns 2009

  • 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

  • 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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