1. [adj]  having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
2. [adj]  of a leaf shape; long and narrow
3. [v]  make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"

ELONGATE is a 8 letter word that starts with E.

1. \E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elongated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Elongating}.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to
   remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See {Long}, a., and
   cf. {Eloign}.]
   1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a
      line.
   
   2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
   
   

2. \E*lon"gate\, v. i.
   To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede
   apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
   
   

3. \E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.]
   Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. ``An
   elongate form.'' --Earle.