elongate
English Thesaurus
1. make long or longer by pulling and stretching (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | lengthen, |
| definition | : | make longer (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | shoetree, tree, |
| definition | : | stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree (verb.change) |
| cause | : | stretch, |
| definition | : | become longer by being stretched and pulled (verb.change) |
2. having notably more length than width; being long and slender (adj.all)
| similar | : | long, |
| definition | : | primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified (adj.all) |
3. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow (adj.all)
| similar | : | simple, unsubdivided, |
| definition | : | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions (adj.all) |
4. make long or longer by pulling and stretching (verb.change)
| derivation | : | stretching, |
| definition | : | act of expanding by lengthening or widening (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | stretch, |
| definition | : | extension to or beyond the ordinary limit (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elongation, |
| definition | : | the act of lengthening something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elongation, extension, |
| definition | : | an addition to the length of something (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | stretcher, |
| definition | : | a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | elongation, |
| definition | : | the quality of being elongated (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | stretching, |
| definition | : | act of expanding by lengthening or widening (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | stretch, |
| definition | : | extension to or beyond the ordinary limit (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elongation, |
| definition | : | the act of lengthening something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elongation, extension, |
| definition | : | an addition to the length of something (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | stretcher, |
| definition | : | a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | elongation, |
| definition | : | the quality of being elongated (noun.attribute) |
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