While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Elongate crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on August 25 2024 Premier Sunday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Elongate has a total of 7 letters.
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Definition
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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand;
as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as,
to stretch a tendon or muscle.
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To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit.
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To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in
breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches
across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
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To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the
lazy man yawns and stretches.
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To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking,
as elastic or ductile substances.
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To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to
stretch in his report of facts.
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To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship
stretched to the eastward.
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Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the
imagination.
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A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time;
as, grassy stretches of land.
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The extent to which anything may be stretched.
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The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a
tack or board.
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Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
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Rank
Answer
Clue
Publisher
99%
STRETCH
Elongate
Premier Sunday
20%
OVAL
Elongated circle
LA Times
20%
TUSKS
Elongated incisors
Newsday
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
Premier Sunday Crossword, August 25 2024
The answer we have in our database for "Elongate" is: STRETCH
There are a total of 7 letters in STRETCH
The crossword clue "Elongate" was last spotted on August 25 2024
"Elongate" was last seen on Premier Sunday Crossword
LA Times Crossword
Thomas Joseph Crossword
New York Times Crossword
Daily Themed Crossword
Wall Street Journal Crossword
Premier Sunday Crossword
Eugene Sheffer Crossword
Newsday Crossword
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