elongate 1
verbdomain: change
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
make long or longer by pulling and stretching
Examples
- 1.stretch the fabric
Synonyms
- stretch 5
make long or longer by pulling and stretching
Hypernym
lengthen 1
verb
make longer
EnglishDerivationally related form
elongation 3
noun
the act of lengthening something
elongation 2
noun
an addition to the length of something
elongation 1
noun
the quality of being elongated
Hyponym
tree 4
verb
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Cause
stretch 4
verb
become longer by being stretched and pulled
