elongate

«elongate» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something longer, or to become longer — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To make something longer, or to become longer. tree →

2) elongated (adjective): long and thin, longer than usual. tree →

sense 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 →
• A giraffe has an elongated neck. tree →
• The cell elongates before it splits. tree →
• The artist painted elongated faces. tree →
• Stretch the dough to elongate it. tree →
• An ellipse is like an elongated circle. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «elongate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.