Definition of "elongating" [elongating]

• Present participle of elongate. (verb)

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• "Some of the detailed biochemistry isn't yet entirely worked out, about how the enzyme actually uses a small template reiteratively and, probably more importantly, exactly how it's regulated in elongating the telomere."
• ""I sell Pepsi and cigarettes," said Yadav in Hindi, elongating the first syllable to pronounce the word "Pay-psee.""
• "He had a way of saying my name and elongating the vowels in a way that made it sound like a cussword."