(~s, elongating, ~d)
If you ~ something or if it ~s, you stretch it so that it becomes longer. (FORMAL)
‘Mom,’ she intoned, elongating the word...
Corn is treated when the stalk starts to ~.
= lengthen
VERB: V n, V
(~s, elongating, ~d)
If you ~ something or if it ~s, you stretch it so that it becomes longer. (FORMAL)
‘Mom,’ she intoned, elongating the word...
Corn is treated when the stalk starts to ~.
= lengthen
VERB: V n, V
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012