Definitions for elongates

elongates e·lon·gate

Spelling: [ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee
IPA: /ɪˈlɔŋ geɪt, ɪˈlɒŋ-, ˈi lɔŋˌgeɪt, ˈi lɒŋ-/

Elongates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 617 anagrams from letters in elongates (aeeglnost).

Definitions for elongates

adjective

  1. extended; lengthened.
  2. long and thin.

verb (used with object)

  1. to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.

verb (used without object)

  1. to increase in length.

Origin of elongates

1530-40; Late Latin ēlongātus lengthened out, past participle of ēlongāre to make longer, make distant, remove, equivalent to Latin ē- e-1 + -longāre, derivat

Examples for elongates

The body is elongate and shark-like, and has a long saw-like snout.

Levi Pope's face seemed to elongate as he contemplated Ford's question.

The scales do not elongate as in the pear, but the flower-buds are mixed.

Also, used to elongate the mast of any boat by stepping it in a tabernacle.

(Hymenoptera L.) Maxilla corneous, compressed, often elongate.

And it's easier to delay something than to make something happen, so things tended to elongate rather than abbreviate.

"We must wait a bit," says the old man, his face seeming to elongate.

And Johnnie's weight was not enough to elongate its set curves.

By keeping Brody alive, Gansa and his team have forced themselves to elongate his romantic relationship with Carrie as well.

Some of the species are simple, elongate and clavate bodies.

Word Value for elongates
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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