English-Italian translations for elongate

Definition of elongate

  • To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated
  • To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated
  • To move to or place at a distance ., ''Glossographia,'London: George Sawbridge, 1661: “''Elongate' to remove afar off, to defer or prolong.”[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28464.0001.001]
  • To depart to, or be at, a distance ; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit., '','London: Strahan, 1755, Volume1: “To ELONGATE. To go off to a distance from any thing.”[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5326809190&view=1up&seq=694&size=150]
  • Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender

Examples

  • [[painted turtle
  • Painted turtles]] lay oval, elongate eggs

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