Cut and Elongate

Cut

Cut verb - To make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument.
Usage example: when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet

Elongate is an antonym for cut.

Nearby Words: cutting, cutter, cutout

Elongate

Elongate verb - To make longer.
Usage example: in his paintings the artist elongated the bodies of angels to give them a spiritual quality

Cut is an antonym for elongate.

Nearby Words: elongated, elongation, elongating

Common collocations

tongue cut tongue elongate tongue
part cut part elongate part
hair cut hair elongate hair
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Elongate and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/elongate
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