to become longer; to make sth longer:
[V] The seal pup's body elongates as it grows older. [also VN]
elongation noun [U]:
the elongation of vowel sounds
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is elongate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, elongate is tagged as verb.
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