Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- extensive in length
- stretched
Translations
extensive in length
- Finnish: pitkulainen, pitkänomainen
- Hungarian: meghosszabbított
stretched
- Finnish: pidennetty, venytetty
- Hungarian: megnyújtott
Verb
elongated- past of elongate
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out,
elliptical, elongate, extended, lengthened, lengthy, oblong, oblongated, oblongitudinal, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled, rectangular, spun out,
straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out,
strung out, taut, tense, tight