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# elongate

verb (elongate, elongates, elongated, elongating); adjective (elongated)

«elongate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make something longer, or to become longer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#m1)
2. elongated (adjective): long and thin, longer than usual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, cells, shadows and shapes elongate; in art, elongated figures look tall and thin; in maths, an elongated shape is stretched in one direction; phrases: «elongated shadows», «an elongated shape».

### Examples

- Our shadows elongate as the sun goes down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#x1)
- A giraffe has an elongated neck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#x2)
- The cell elongates before it splits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#x3)
- The artist painted elongated faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#x4)
- Stretch the dough to elongate it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#x5)
- An ellipse is like an elongated circle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: elongation. Pronounced EE-long-gate. Similar: stretch, lengthen.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «elongate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elongate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«elongate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/elongate.html) on Mova free.