VERB | change | elongate, stretch | make long or longer by pulling and stretching |
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ADJECTIVE | all | elongate, linear | (of a leaf shape) long and narrow |
all | elongate, elongated | having notably more length than width |
Sounds | ihlao'nggeyt | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | (of a leaf shape) long and narrow. | |
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Synonym | linear | |
Broader | simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes |
Spanish | lineal | |
Catalan | linear |
Meaning | Having notably more length than width; being long and slender. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | elongated | |
Broader | long | primarily spatial sense |
Spanish | alargado |
Meaning | make long or longer by pulling and stretching. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | stretch | |
Cause to | stretch | Become longer by being stretched and pulled |
Narrower | tree, shoetree | Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |
Broader | lengthen | make longer |
Spanish | distender, ensanchar, estirar, extender | |
Catalan | allargar, distendre, eixamplar, estirar | |
Nouns | elongation | the act of lengthening something |
elongation | an addition to the length of something | |
elongation | the quality of being elongated |
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