1. Adjective
To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. Adjective
To remove further off.
3. Verb
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
4. Adjective
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.
5. Adjective
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
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