make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
If you elongate something or if it elongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer. `Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word Corn is treated when the stalk starts to elongate. = lengthen. to become longer, or make something longer than normal (elongatus, past participle of elongare )