verb🔗ShareTo make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated."The baker was carefully elongating the dough to make it thin enough for pizza crust. "appearancestyleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated."The artist was carefully elongating the clay neck of the giraffe sculpture. "appearanceprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move to or place at a distance (from something).""The student, feeling nervous about public speaking, started elongating himself from the center of the stage, trying to move back towards the wall." "actionspacepositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit."As Venus orbits the sun, its apparent distance from the sun changes, elongating sometimes towards the east and other times towards the west. "astronomyphysicsspaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
