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

1. adjective. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. adjective. To remove further off.
3. intransitive verb. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
4. adjective. Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
5. verb. make long or longer by pulling and stretching

   "stretch the fabric"

   Synonyms: stretch

6. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: elongated

7. adjective. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

   Synonyms: linear

Synonyms

stretch, elongated, linear

Common word forms

elongated, elongates, elongating

Words from these letters

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