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Word: Elongate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈlɒŋɡeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width
Short Definition:make something longer
Examples:- an artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings
- hold that stretch, elongating the spine from the base to the hips
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