elongate
verb
[ ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt ]
• make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
• "an artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings"
elongate
adjective
• long in relation to width; elongated.
• "elongate fishes"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘move away’): from late Latin elongat- ‘placed at a distance’, from the verb elongare, from Latin e- (variant of ex- ) ‘away’ + longe ‘far off’, longus ‘long’.
