'Elongated' definitions:
Definition of 'elongated'
From: WordNet
adjective
Drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged]
adjective
Having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame" [syn: elongate, elongated]
Definition of 'Elongated'
From: GCIDE
- Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
- 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'elongated'
From: GCIDE
- elongated \elongated\ adj.
- 1. having a length noticeably longer than the width.
- Syn: elongate. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. rendered longer.
- Syn: lengthened. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'elongated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- dragged out,
- drawn,
- drawn out,
- drawn-out,
- elliptical,
- elongate,
- extended,
- lengthened,
- lengthy,
- oblong,
- oblongated,
- oblongitudinal,
- prolongated,
- prolonged,
- protracted,
- pulled,
- rectangular,
- spun out,
- straggling,
- strained,
- stretched,
- stretched out,
- strung out,
- taut,
- tense,
- tight