These stretching exercises can help elongate your leg muscles.
New medical procedures have elongated the careers of many athletes.
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Elongate is often found in scientific writing, but the adjective elongated is more common, and frequently used to describe body parts in discussions of anatomy. This was even the case when the superhero Elongated Man made his appearance back in 1960. But some other characters with the same powers—Plastic Man, Elastic Lad, and Mr. Fantastic—ended up having longer careers.
the giraffe's elongate neck is thought to be the result of natural selection
1751
: to make (something) longer or to grow longer
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