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View definitions for elongate

elongate

verb as in make longer

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By keeping Brody alive, Gansa and his team have forced themselves to elongate his romantic relationship with Carrie as well.

And it's easier to delay something than to make something happen, so things tended to elongate rather than abbreviate.

As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.

Bush inhabitants include several species of lizards and snakes, all of which have rather elongate, slender bodies, and long tails.

These mites are elongate in form, have rudimentary mouth-parts and but four legs.

Subcortical; hexapod; antenn obsolete: body much depressed, with the last segment elongate, terminating in three or more mucros.

These loops, even when made as perfectly as possible, have a tendency to elongate, thus spoiling the adjustment of the wires.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to elongate, such as: draw out, lengthen, draw, extend, fill, and pad.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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