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Synonyms for elongates
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long- |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɔŋ geɪt, ɪˈlɒŋ-, ˈi lɔŋˌgeɪt, ˈi lɒŋ- |
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Définition of elongates
Origin :- 1530s, from Late Latin elongatus, past participle of elongare "to prolong, protract" (see elongation). Earlier in the same sense was elongen (mid-15c.). Related: Elongated; elongating.
- verb make longer
- Presently she elongates her neck in a most marvellous manner.
- Extract from : « Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon » by Robert A. Sterndale
- His body curves and elongates with regular undulations, as he measures off the snow with twin footprints.
- Extract from : « The Ontario Readers » by Ontario Ministry of Education
- She invariably wears her hair over her ears and so elongates the V lines of her chin.
- Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
- Then he settles to the journey, thinks again, elongates, and puts that hat brim down.
- Extract from : « The World on Wheels and Other Sketches » by Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
- The proboscis of the male is about a foot long when the creature is at rest, but elongates under excitement.
- Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
- In addition to the expansion and elongation of its wings, its body also elongates, until it has acquired its full dimensions.
- Extract from : « The Life of an Insect » by Anonymous
- Brother Spyke elongates his lean figure, draws near, and says the whole thing is very unsatisfactory.
- Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
- Then a thick thread is emitted from one or both extremities, which elongates and becomes branched in a pinnate manner.
- Extract from : « Fungi: Their Nature and Uses » by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
- The former of these elongates itself in succeeding stages into a process of both epiblast and hypoblast.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- The asexual stock, after budding off one asexual zooid, elongates again and buds off a second zooid.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
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