elongating 1 of 2

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Definition of elongatingnext
as in elongation

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elongating

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verb

present participle of elongate
as in lengthening
to make longer in his paintings the artist elongated the bodies of angels to give them a spiritual quality

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  1. elongation
  2. lengthening
  3. extending
  4. increasing
  5. extension
  6. protraction
Noun
  • Mercury’s greatest elongation — when a planet is at its apparent furthest distance from the sun — officially occurs in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 16.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The editors came up with that, maybe as a result of my having pushed for a kind of elongation of that moment with them both facing the camera and her walking away.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 June 2024
Definition of elongation
Verb
  • Some of the luxury highlights include a mini nude palette from Urban Decay and Lancôme's lash-lengthening mascara.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In my experience, any stretches that involve twisting or lengthening your body are most effective.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of lengthening
Verb
  • Lawmaker requests include extending a form of humanitarian relief known as Temporary Protected Status and making more immigrants eligible for it, expediting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals and getting a resolution for individuals with pending asylum cases.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But other issues remain to be decided, potentially extending what has become a long and expensive series of fights over record requests at the 72-unit complex, located near the beach in Boca Raton.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of extending
Verb
  • Add vitamin K Vitamin D is involved in bone metabolism, notably by increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, and indirectly of phosphorus.
    Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Furthermore, by increasing employee sentiment and utilization, vacancies and vacancy times are reduced, which ultimately improves the profitability of these spaces.
    Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of increasing
Noun
  • This will be an extension of the road trip that has kept the team in Las Vegas over the past few days.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Here’s a story from this year on St. Brown signing a $120 million extension with the Lions.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of extension
Noun
  • Serratus anterior: More laterally located within the chest wall, this muscle is responsible for scapular protraction (translation: pushing away from your body).
    Women's Health Editors, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
  • But all of these things are additional protraction of the litigation.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022
Definition of protraction
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