transcription, транскрипция: [ i:lɒŋgeɪt, AM ɪlɔ:ŋ- ]
( elongates, elongating, elongated)
If you elongate something or if it elongates , you stretch it so that it becomes longer. ( FORMAL )
‘Mom,’ she intoned, elongating the word...
Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate.
= lengthen
VERB : V n , V