Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elongated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

elongated
adj 1: 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: {extended}, {lengthened}, {prolonged}]
2: 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}]


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