'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]

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