| 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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| 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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