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elongate

/ɪ'lɔŋɡeɪt/

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adjective
having notably more length than width; being long and slender
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"an elongate tail tapering to a point" "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"

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elongated long
verb
make long or longer by pulling and stretching
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stretch

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lengthen
adjective
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
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linear simple unsubdivided

Examples of elongate

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