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Meanings of elongate in anglès

portuguès
extender
català
distendre
espanyol
extender

Make long or longer by pulling and stretching.

distendre

To draw out to greater length.

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Examples for "extend"
Examples for "extend"
1
He needs to: clean up politics; protect the economy; and extend opportunity.
The Guardian
2
However, the benefits to the overall economy will extend far beyond that.
The Irish Times
3
It also wants to extend health services in all public secondary schools.
Radio NZ
4
The programme is not intended to extend beyond this year, officials said.
Radio NZ
5
Where possible, try to extend existing indexes rather than adding new ones.
High performance mysql, 2nd edition
1
Prison officers claim new security screening measures will lengthen their working day.
The Irish Times
2
Never shall that line fail, though the years may lengthen beyond count.'
The lord of the rings
3
It is unacceptable for governments to stand by as dole queues lengthen.
The Guardian
4
Proceeds of the issue will help the firm lengthen its maturity profile.
Reuters
5
Lithium is known to lengthen period and increase amplitude of circadian rhythms.
Pubmed

(Of a leaf shape) long and narrow.

Related terms

Having notably more length than width; being long and slender.

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Usage of elongate in anglès
1
The possible significance of elongate spermatodactyls and male reduced feeding are explored.
Pubmed
2
Nantucket Shoals Fishing Rip is an elongate bank lying 29 miles SE.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
3
The breakthrough may lead to treatments that could significantly elongate human life.
The Guardian
4
The body is elongate, oval, somewhat widened anteriorly, and has rounded ends.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
5
Tail elongate, tapering, with two rows of shields, keeled on the sides.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
6
They are comfortable but elongate and show off a waist and cleavage.
The Guardian
7
And before his eyes her body seemed to elongate and become translucent.
Salem’s Lot
8
Wide tannin-stained cheekbones seemed to elongate the empty orbits of the eyes.
Assail
9
Head elongate; ears round; feet arboreal, naked below; tail semi-nude; pelage not spiny.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
10
Their ellipses elongate and flatten again to the semblance of circles.
First and Last
11
How long it took for the pats to elongate into strokes.
Bones to Ashes
12
Exhale when the body is moving, inhale and elongate the spine when not.
Rock and Ice Magazine
13
Lines of force twist and elongate between people, objects, institutions, ideas.
Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
14
The hands began to elongate, and the fingernails thickened and spread.
Monster Hunter International
15
Gar jaws have numerous, sharply pointed, elongate teeth for capture of evasive prey.
Pubmed
16
Form elongate and cylindrical, or often flattened dorso-ventrally, with round or pointed ends.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
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Translations for elongate
Elongate through the time
Elongate across language varieties
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