Associations to the word «Elongate»

Wiktionary

ELONGATE, adjective. Lengthened, extended.
ELONGATE, adjective. Slender.
ELONGATE, verb. To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
ELONGATE, verb. To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
ELONGATE, verb. (obsolete) To remove further off.

Dictionary definition

ELONGATE, verb. Make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric".
ELONGATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow.
ELONGATE, 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King