Definition for Elongate:

• Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.

Synonyms for Elongate:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • elongate.
  •extended (adjective)
  • stretched out,
  • very long,
  • unfurled.
  •lengthy (adjective)
  • inter-minable,
  • more lengthened,
  • in terminable,
  • most lengthened,
  • more longish,
  • long winded,
  • most longish,
  • in-terminable.
  •long (adjective)
  • far off,
  • faraway,
  • stretching,
  • protracted,
  • gangling,
  • spun out,
  • outstretched.
  •oblong (adjective)
  • rectangular,
  • Ovated,
  • Ovaliform,
  • ovaloid,
  • ellipsoidal.
  •overlong (adjective)
  • long drawn out,
  • over long.

• n.

  •
  • increase,
  • produce.
  •elongate (noun)
  • simple,
  • unsubdivided.
  •prolong (noun)
  • study at extend.

• v.

  •draw (verb)
  • re-spire,
  • ex-torts,
  • ex torts,
  • re-spiring,
  • ex tract,
  • re-spired,
  • ex tort,
  • re spire,
  • singles out,
  • ex-tracts,
  • ex-tort,
  • ex-tract,
  • re spiring,
  • re spired,
  • re-spires,
  • re spires.
  •draw out (verb)
  • strings out,
  • makes longer,
  • spinning out,
  • spins out,
  • making longer,
  • stringed out,
  • span out.
  •enlarge (verb)
  • grows larger,
  • jacks up,
  • dis tend,
  • jacking up,
  • dis-tend,
  • up surging,
  • slapping on,
  • up-surged,
  • up-surges,
  • jazzed up,
  • pyramidded,
  • gives details,
  • pyramidding,
  • dis tending,
  • up surges,
  • dis-tends,
  • gave details,
  • multi-plied,
  • multi-plying,
  • making larger,
  • slaps on,
  • multi plying,
  • jazzes up,
  • dis-tending,
  • growing larger,
  • grew larger,
  • jazzing up,
  • makes larger,
  • up surge,
  • dis-tended,
  • dis tended,
  • up-surging,
  • up-surge,
  • up surged,
  • jacked up,
  • dis tends,
  • giving details.
  •extend (verb)
  • lengthen,
  • prolong,
  • expand.
  •jut (verb)
  • over hang,
  • over-hang,
  • over hangs,
  • over-hangs,
  • over-hanging.
  •make longer (verb)
  • drag out,
  • put rubber in,
  • fill,
  • pad.
  •protract (verb)
  • post pones,
  • put hold,
  • keeping going,
  • pro tract,
  • post-pones,
  • putting hold,
  • de-lays,
  • de laying,
  • pro tracts,
  • keeps going,
  • puts hold,
  • puts on hold,
  • de lay,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro-tracts,
  • de-lay,
  • stretching out,
  • de lays,
  • post pone,
  • de-laying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • truncate.
  •
  • lengthy,
  • spin.
  •
  • pay out,
  • telescope.
  •
  • turn up.
  •
  • grow.
  •
  • cut.
  •draw
  • extorts,
  • singled out,
  • extort,
  • singling out,
  • single out.
  •draw out
  • string out,
  • made longer,
  • make longer,
  • leads on,
  • stringing out,
  • spin out,
  • strung out,
  • led on,
  • leading on,
  • lead on.
  •extend
  • Craned,
  • letting out,
  • Lasted,
  • cranes,
  • Craning,
  • spreads out,
  • mantled,
  • drag one's feet,
  • unfurls,
  • Mantling,
  • spread out,
  • spreading out,
  • crane,
  • drag feet,
  • fanning out,
  • jut,
  • running on,
  • fan out,
  • run on,
  • let out.
  •jut
  • beetles,
  • beetling,
  • impend,
  • beetle,
  • Beetled,
  • sticks out,
  • protrude,
  • pouched,
  • Pouching.

Paraphrases for Elongate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    elongated.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    long.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    extend, lay, lie, grow.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    lying.

Antonyms for Elongate:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    diminutive, short, limit, hasten, abridge, undersized, brief, minute, abbreviated, puny, compound, conclude, shortish, smallish, reduce, miniature, bitty, wee, shortened, tiny, little, hurry, curt, abridged, teeny, diminished, small.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    complex.

• v.

  • make longer
    contract, curtail, abbreviate, shorten, constrict.

Elongate Sentence Examples:

• To the editor G. K. wrote: Only a hasty line to elongate the telephone.

Homophones for Elongate:

• El Misti, elongated.

Hypernym for Elongate:

• v.

  • change
    shoetree, tree.

Hyponym for Elongate:

• v.

  • change
    lengthen.