Paul Stamets

In the wild, an enoki mushroom is often squat-looking and its stem is rarely more than twice as long as the cap is wide. When they are grown by farmers and hobbyists, however, their stems elongate, the caps are smaller, and a forest of golden colored needle-like mushrooms shoot up all at once.

American Scientist

Rachael Stirling

My mum says I never had tantrums. I had elongated and very complicated tea parties in my cot, and I was sort of talking, I guess, quite young, and I would say, 'Oh, how lovely to see you, do come in!' I'd have these theatrical tea parties by myself with my imaginary friends.

English Actress

Naomi Campbell

What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place.

British Model

Aidan Gillen

Becoming a father has made my life a lot more interesting. It's like everything slows down because time goes slower, and you notice that you're actually awake for so many more hours. Your waking hours elongate because you're doing things at a child's pace.

Irish Actor

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Pluto's orbit is so elongated that it crosses the orbit of another planet. Now that's... you've got no business doing that if you want to call yourself a planet. Come on, now! There's something especially transgressive about that.

Jenna Ushkowitz

I definitely have hips, and I'm shorter, so I like to make my legs look longer. I'll wear shorts or pants that elongate my legs. I'm not a tiny, skinny toothpick. I definitely like to show off my waist and my butt.

South Korean Actress

Kate Hudson

I was 19 when I discovered Pilates, and I'm still doing it. It's the workout my body really responds to. It's all about alignment, elongating your spine, and strengthening your core. It makes me feel my strongest.

American Actress

Mary Helen Bowers

Stretching before and after every workout keeps muscles supple and helps elongate the lines of a ballerina's limbs.

American Dancer

Jessica Biel

I like to do a couple of yoga classes during the week. Yoga for me is more of an elongating thing.

Stacey Bendet

A high heel elongates the leg and inevitably flatters every figure.

American Designer

Use 'elongate' to describe the action of making something longer, implying a deliberate change.

Action Process

'Elongate' can imply stretching out time, often to emphasize duration or patience required.

Time Span

The process of elongating usually happens gradually, not instantly.

Not Instantaneous

Describes an inherent characteristic, often used in biological or anatomical contexts.

Physical Traits

An elongate feature tends to be noticeable and can be a distinctive characteristic.

Visually Striking

Elongate features are often associated with elegance and grace in cultural references.

Impression of Grace

Use 'elongate' to talk about natural, organic processes, especially in botany or biology.

Natural Growth

Elongation in nature occurs over a period of time and is observable during growth phases.

Time Dependent

'Elongate' as a verb indicates a progression from shorter to longer over time.

Progressive Change

 but mainly those whose eyes are located closer to the ground. This may be because these pupils are especially useful in perceiving objects at the relative short distances these animals tend to hunt. The world looks very different from behind the horizontally elongated pupils

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 the barreleye steals food from siphonophores elongated jellies with tentacles that capture prey that swims into them they believe the barreleye swims into the tentacles and steals the food from the siphonophore the shield over its eyes protects them from the

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 were able to fly, but similarities in their wing structure and anatomy may offer clues. Pterosaur wings ran along their sides from shoulder to ankle, and each wing was held up and supported by an elongated digit. The first pterosaur ever discovered

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 During puberty, the first major shift starts, as your voice begins to deepen. This happens when your larynx grows in size, elongating the vocal folds and opening up more room for them to vibrate. These longer folds have slower, larger vibrations,

Why does your voice...

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 How often do you think I have that day? We need to be realistic. You can't do it all in one day. We need to elongate the time frame upon which we judge the balance in our life, but we need to elongate it without falling into the trap

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 that can bend in every direction and also elongate. And this was actually used by surgeons to see what they were doing with other instruments from different points of view, without caring that much about what was touched around.

The incredible potential...

 called the primary cell wall, stiffen, pushing cell growth in one direction and causing the fiber to elongate. The fiber elongates quickly for about 16 days. Then it begins the next strengthening the cell wall.

Why is cotton in...

 land and here the Tree of Life branched into a multitude of different species that exploited this new environment in all kinds of ways one group of them developed elongated flaps on their backs

Explaining the Tree of...

 an added attractive factor to lure in prospective prey in most species an elongated lid covers the pitcher's opening sheltering it from heavy rain and protecting the digestive juices at the