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elongated
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective elongated has 2 senses
- elongated(s = adj.all) extended, lengthened, prolonged - 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"
- elongated(s = adj.all) elongate - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
elongated, adj.
- having a length noticeably longer than the width. [WordNet 1.5]
- rendered longer. [PJC]
THESAURUS
elongated
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
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