elongate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.

   “Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.”

2. fiil To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.

   “VVhen the muſcles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again diſtends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before.”

3. fiil Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove.

   “[L]et the cõmon house of easement [i.e., the outhouse] be ouer some water, or els elongated from the house.”

4. fiil To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.

   “Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflexion on the wall to elongate, and Mr. Cruncher rose and stepped forward.”

5. fiil Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.

   “Shepherd’s-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. […] FLOWERS White, blooming March–December; inflorescence of racemes, elongating greatly with fruit; […]”

6. fiil Followed by from: to be at a distance, or move away, from a thing; to depart; (specifically, astronomy) of a planet, star, or other astronomical object: to appear to recede from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere.