elongated (adj.)

  1. drawn out or made longer spatially; Picassos elongated Don Quixote; lengthened skirts are fashionable this year; the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes; a prolonged black line across the page

    [ Syn: extended , lengthened , prolonged ]

  2. having notably more length than width; being long and slender; an elongate tail tapering to a point; the old mans gaunt and elongated frame

    [ Syn: elongate ]

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