ELONGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elongate mean? 

• ELONGATE (adjective)
  The adjective ELONGATE has 2 senses:

1. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

2. having notably more length than width; being long and slender

  Familiarity information: ELONGATE used as an adjective is rare.

• ELONGATE (verb)
  The verb ELONGATE has 1 sense:

1. make long or longer by pulling and stretching

  Familiarity information: ELONGATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELONGATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a leaf shape) long and narrow

Synonyms:

elongate; linear

Similar:

simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having notably more length than width; being long and slender

Synonyms:

elongate; elongated

Context example:

the old man's gaunt and elongated frame

Similar:

long (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified)

• ELONGATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they elongate    ... he / she / it elongates   
Past simple: elongated   
Past participle: elongated   
-ing form: elongating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make long or longer by pulling and stretching

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

elongate; stretch

Context example:

stretch the fabric

Hypernyms (to "elongate" is one way to...):

lengthen (make longer)

Cause:

stretch (become longer by being stretched and pulled)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elongate"):

shoetree; tree (stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

elongation (the act of lengthening something)

elongation (an addition to the length of something)

elongation (the quality of being elongated)

 Context examples 

An elongated, tapering, generally thick-walled sclerenchyma cell of vascular plants; its walls may or may not be lignified.

(Fiber, Food and Drug Administration)

It has a sturdy, muscular, slightly elongated body with a light but solid bone structure.

(German Shepherd Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign, elongated intraluminal polypoid neoplasm of the esophagus.

(Giant Fibrovascular Esophageal Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Any component associated with the end of a pointed or elongated structure.

(Extremity Part, NCI Thesaurus)

A solid in the shape of a slender, elongated thread that is designed to release active and/or inert ingredient(s) at a controlled, prolonged rate so as to reduce dosing frequency.

(Extended Release Fiber Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

The Dachshund is an elongated, vigorous, muscular dog with short legs.

(Dachshund, NCI Thesaurus)

Telomerase specifically elongates the 3-prime end of a single-stranded overhang region on the G-rich 3-prime strand while the C-rich strand can be filled in by DNA polymerases.

(Elongation by Telomerase, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of elongated glomus cells which resemble mature smooth muscle.

(Glomangiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The color of the elongated papillae varies from yellowish white to brown or black, depending upon staining by substances such as tobacco, food, or drugs.

(Hairy Tongue, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The taxonomic class whose members are unsegmented worms with an elongated rounded body pointed at both ends.

(Nematoda, NCI Thesaurus)