Dictionary Entry
elongate
elongate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
- 2adjective
To remove further off.
- 3intransitive verb
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
- 4adjective
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
- 5verb
make long or longer by pulling and stretching
"stretch the fabric"
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- 6adjective
having notably more length than width; being long and slender
"an elongate tail tapering to a point"
"the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
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- 7adjective
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
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