elongated

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elongated

adjective more elongated · most elongated

  1. Extensive in length (physical distance, or time). But his serve instantly came under intense pressure against Alcaraz in an elongated start which included a 12-minute opening game.
  2. Stretched.
  3. Of a polyhedron, having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of elongate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: extended, prolonged, long, lengthened, lengthy, slotted, lying, oblong, laid, broadened, expanded, stretched, drawn-out, protracted, thin, slender

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adj extensive in length

日本語細長い hosonagai
中文拉長的 /拉长的 lācháng de, 引伸的 yǐnshēn de
Portuguêsalongado
Françaisélongé
Deutschverlängert
Русскийвы́тянутый výtjanutyj, удлинённый udlinjónnyj, продолгова́тый prodolgovátyj

adj stretched

Portuguêsalongado, esticado
Русскийвы́тянутый výtjanutyj

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@misc{elongated_2026,
  title = {elongated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elongated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}