Synonyms for elongate

Synonyms for (verb) elongate

Synonyms: stretch, elongate

Definition: make long or longer by pulling and stretching

Usage: stretch the fabric

Similar words: lengthen

Definition: make longer

Usage: Lengthen this skirt, please


Synonyms for (adj) elongate

Synonyms: elongate, elongated

Definition: having notably more length than width; being long and slender

Usage: an elongate tail tapering to a point; the old man's gaunt and elongated frame

Similar words: long

Definition: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

Usage: a long road; a long distance; contained many long words; ten miles long


Synonyms: linear, elongate

Definition: (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

Similar words: unsubdivided, simple

Definition: (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions


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