Definitions
1.verbTo make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
2.verbTo become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
3.verbTo move to or place at a distance (from something).
4.verbTo depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
5.adjectiveLengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender."Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs."