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US
/ɪˈɫɔŋɡeɪtəd/
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[ UK /ɪlˈɒŋɡeɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /ɪlˈɒŋɡeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having notably more length than width; being long and slender
the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
an elongate tail tapering to a point -
drawn out or made longer spatially
the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
a prolonged black line across the page
Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
How To Use elongated In A Sentence
- With its elongated snake-like body, the Leopard Moray eel moves very gently from one end to the other in the tank.
- The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
- Elongated roars and fragments of voices gave a sense of atmospheric portent, while syncopated pings, clicks and chirps added a desultory counterpoint.
- _Solus_ was lost through haplography ( 'fulua solus': the elongated 's' form common in manuscripts would have facilitated the error) and _tristis_ interpolated to restore the metre. The Last Poems of Ovid
- An irregular elongated window pierces the massive back wall.
- At the top of each panel is a network of elongated reticulated cells.
- the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
- The Billet is a small elongated rectangular figure supposed to represent a billet or letter, and to some, a brick.
- The floor plan of the house forms a horseshoe with the flat end pointing north and the two wings south, the western wing elongated to accommodate the apartment.
- If you're a fan of the theatre, don't mind luvvies being luvvies and enjoy an elongated version of a Sunday night period melodrama, with an abundance of tomfoolery, then this should tickle your fancy.
