Elongating - English meaning

Elongating – definitions in English dictionary

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
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.

Elongating translation into English

Elongating: translate from English into Chinese

拉长, 延伸

Elongating: translate from English into Dutch

Verlengend, Verlengen, Rekken

Elongating: translate from English into French

Allongeant, Prolonger, Faire prolonger, S'étirer

Elongating: translate from English into German

Verlängernd, Verlängern, Strecken, Ausdehnen, Länger werden, Lang ziehen

Elongating: translate from English into Hindi

लम्बा करना, बढ़ाना, बढ़ा देना, लंबा बनाना

Elongating: translate from English into Italian

Allungando, Allungare, Allungarsi

Elongating: translate from English into Korean

연장, 연장하다, 길어지다

Elongating: translate from English into Russian

Удлинение, Удлиняться, Удлинять, Растягиваться, Продлевать, Растягивать

Elongating: translate from English into Spanish

Alargando, Alargar

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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Elongating – similar words

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.

Elongates - all meanings in English

elongated

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

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

Elongated - all meanings in English

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.

Elongate - all meanings in English

Elongating 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…

Broaden - all meanings in English

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…

Enlarge - all meanings in English

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…

Extend - all meanings in English

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 …

Lengthen - all meanings in English

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…

Widen - all meanings in English

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