The meaning of Elongated

Elongated – definition

adjective
Long in relation to width, especially unusually so.
Usage examples:
The males are smaller and have more elongated bodies

verb
Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
Usage examples:
An artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings
Synonims:
Lengthen Stretch out Make longer Extend Broaden Widen Enlarge

adjective
Longer and thinner than usual, as if stretched
Usage examples:
Giacometti’s elongated sculptures of young women

Elongated translation into English

Elongated: translate from English into Chinese

拉长的

Elongated: translate from English into Dutch

Langwerpig

Elongated: translate from English into French

Allongé, Long, Longue

Elongated: translate from English into German

Verlängert, Länglich, Ausgestreckt

Elongated: translate from English into Hindi

लम्बी, दीर्घीभूत, विसृत, आकार मे बढ़ा हुआ

Elongated: translate from English into Italian

Allungato

Elongated: translate from English into Korean

길쭉한

Elongated: translate from English into Russian

Удлиненный

Elongated: translate from English into Spanish

Alargado

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘move away’): from late Latin elongat- ‘placed at a distance’, from the verb elongare, from Latin e- (variant of ex- ) ‘away’ + longe ‘far off’, longus ‘long

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Elongated – similar words

elongating

verb
Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
Usage examples:
An artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings

adjective
Long in relation to width; elongated.
Usage examples:
Elongate fishes

verb
Present participle of elongate
Usage examples:
The cells elongate as they take in water.

All meanings and translations of Elongating

elongates

verb
Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
Usage examples:
An artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings

adjective
Long in relation to width; elongated.
Usage examples:
Elongate fishes

verb
To become or make something become longer, and often thinner
Usage examples:
The cells elongate as they take in water., acanthoclinus are elongate fishes.

All meanings and translations of Elongates

elongate

verb
Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
Usage examples:
An artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings

adjective
Long in relation to width; elongated.
Usage examples:
Elongate fishes

verb
To become or make something become longer, and often thinner
Usage examples:
The cells elongate as they take in water., acanthoclinus are elongate fishes.

All meanings and translations of Elongate

Elongated synonims

broaden

verb
Become larger in distance from side to side; widen.
Usage examples:
Her smile broadened

verb
To become wider, or to cause something to be wider
Usage examples:
[ t ] they are broadening the road to speed up the flow of traffic., going to college will broaden …

verb
To increase the range of something
Usage examples:
New rules should help credit unions expand their activities and broaden access to cheaper borrowing…

All meanings and translations of Broaden

enlarge

verb
Make or become larger or more extensive.
Usage examples:
They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb
To become larger, or to cause something to become larger
Usage examples:
The city council voted to enlarge the park., he suffers from an enlarged heart.

verb
To become bigger, or to make something bigger
Usage examples:
The inclusion of customs receipts will enlarge the available pool of money., enlarged business/comp…

All meanings and translations of Enlarge

extend

verb
Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.
Usage examples:
The car park has been extended

verb
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb
To reach, continue, or stretch
Usage examples:
[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

All meanings and translations of Extend

lengthen

verb
Make or become longer.
Usage examples:
The mascara will lengthen your lashes

verb
To make something longer, or to become longer
Usage examples:
[ t ] i’ll have to lengthen this skirt., [ i ] in the late afternoon, the shadows of the haystacks …

All meanings and translations of Lengthen

widen

verb
Make or become wider.
Usage examples:
We should widen the scope of our investigation

verb
To become farther in distance from one side to the other
Usage examples:
[ i ] after it passes through town, the road widens., [ t ] let’s widen the discussion by listening…

All meanings and translations of Widen

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