(to) elongate

  • 11elongate — ► VERB ▪ make or become longer. DERIVATIVES elongation noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «move away»: from Latin elongare place at a distance …

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  • 12elongate — [ē lôŋ′gāt΄, ilôŋ′gāt΄] vt., vi. elongated, elongating [< LL elongatus, pp. of elongare, to prolong < L e , out + longus, LONG1] to make or become longer; stretch adj. 1. lengthened; stretched 2. Bot. long and narrow: said as of certain… …

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  • 13Elongate dory — Taxobox name = Elongate dory image caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Zeiformes familia = Zenionidae genus = Zenion genus authority = Jordan Evermann, 1896 species = Z.… …

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  • 14Elongate surgeonfish — Taxobox name = Acanthurus mata image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Acanthuridae genus = Acanthurus species = A. mata binomial = Acanthurus mata binomial authority = Bennett, 1833 …

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  • 15Elongate mbuna — Taxobox name = Elongate mbuna status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Cichlidae genus = Pseudotropheus species = P. elongatus binomial = Pseudotropheus… …

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  • 16Elongate-gland springsnail — Taxobox name = Elongate gland springsnail status = DD | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Sorbeoconcha familia = Hydrobiidae genus = Pyrgulopsis species = P. isolata binomial = Pyrgulopsis… …

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  • 17elongate — [[t]i͟ːlɒŋgeɪt, AM ɪlɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] elongates, elongating, elongated V ERG If you elongate something or if it elongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer. [FORMAL] [V n] Mom, she intoned, elongating the word until it sounded like a foghorn …

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  • 18elongate — UK [ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt] / US [ɪˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms elongate : present tense I/you/we/they elongate he/she/it elongates present participle elongating past tense elongated past participle elongated to become longer, or to… …

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  • 19elongate — elon·gate i lȯŋ .gāt vb, gat·ed; gat·ing vt to extend the length of vi to grow in length elongate or elon·gat·ed adj long in proportion to width …

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  • 20elongate aster — smulkialapis astrūnas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Astrinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Symphyotrichum ericoides), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Symphyotrichum ericoides angl. dense flower aster; elongate aster; heath… …

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