elongating

/IH0 L AO1 NG G EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.

  2. 2

    To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.

  3. 3

    To move to or place at a distance (from something).

  4. 4

    To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

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