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Extend Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Extend?
[v] extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
[v] extend out and forward, as of a limb; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand" [v] increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" [v] continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" [v] lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [v] prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" [v] extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [v] expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" [v] use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" [v] open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" [v] cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" [v] extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [v] offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" [v] make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" [v] stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [v] span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres" [v] reach outward in space; "This rock sticks out"; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" Synonyms | Synonyms for Extend: broaden | carry | cover | gallop | go | hold out | lead | offer | pass | poke out | put out | reach out | run | stick out | strain | stretch | stretch | stretch | stretch forth | stretch out | unfold | widen Related Terms | Find terms related to Extend: abide | accord | add to | adjourn | administer | advance | afford | aggrandize | allocate | allot | allow | amplify | arch over | attain | augment | award | balloon | be lengthy | be prolonged | beef up | belong | bestow | bestow on | bestraddle | bestride | bide | bloat | blow up | boost | branch | branch out | bridge | broaden | build | build up | bulk | bulk out | carry | carry on | carry out | carry to | chatter | come to | communicate | confer | continue | continue to be | cover | crane | crescendo | dawdle | deal | deal in generalities | deal out | deepen | defeat time | defer | defy time | delay | deploy | develop | dilate | disentangle | dish out | dispense | disperse | distend | dole | dole out | donate | drag on | drag out | draw | draw out | dwell | dwell on | ecumenicize | elongate | encompass | endure | enlarge | environ | exalt | exist | expand | extend out | extend over | extend to | fan | fan out | fatten | fill out | flare | flatten | fork out | generalize | get to | gift | gift with | give | give freely | give out | globalize | go | go on | go out | go to | grant | greaten | hand out | hang fire | hang over | hang up | heap | heighten | help to | hike | hike up | hold | hold forth | hold off | hold on | hold out | hold over | hold up | huff | imbricate | impart | increase | inflate | issue | jack up | jump up | jut | keep | keep alive | keep going | keep on | keep up | lap | lap over | last | last long | last out | lavish | lay aside | lay by | lay over | lead to | lengthen | lengthen out | let have | let out | lie | lie over | linger on | live | live on | live through | magnify | maintain | make a generalization | maximize | mete | mete out | multiply | never finish | offer | open | open up | outdistance | outlie | outrange | outreach | outspread | outstretch | overarch | overgrow | overhang | overlap | overlie | override | overrun | pad | parlay | perdure | perennate | perorate | perpetuate | persist | pigeonhole | pose | postpone | pour | prefer | present | preserve | prevail | proceed | procrastinate | produce | proffer | prolong | prolongate | prorogate | prorogue | protract | puff | puff up | pull | pump | pump up | push aside | put aside | put off | put on ice | put straight | put up | pyramid | rain | raise | ramify | range | range out | rarefy | reach | reach out | reach to | recess | rectify | remain | render | reserve | retain | run | run on | run out | run to | serve | set aside | set by | set straight | shell out | shelve | shift off | shingle | shower | sit up | sleep on | slip | smooth | snow | snowball | span | speak at length | spin out | splay | spraddle | sprangle | sprawl | spread | spread like wildfire | spread out | stand | stand on tiptoes | stand over | stand up | stave off | stay | stay on | straddle | straggle | straighten | straighten out | straighten up | strain | stretch | stretch away to | stretch out | stretch to | string out | submit | subsist | sufflate | supplement | surround | survive | suspend | sustain | sweep | swell | table | take a recess | take in | tarry | tauten | temporize | tender | tense | thicken | thrust out | tide over | tighten | tumefy | unbend | uncurl | unfold | universalize | unkink | unroll | unsnarl | up | vary | vouchsafe | waive | wear | wear well | widen | yield See Also | alter | apply | be | change | change form | change shape | come | constellate | continue | crane | cross | deform | dot | employ | extend to | furnish | gesticulate | gesture | give | globalise | globalize | go deep | go far | hyperextend | increase | lengthen | line | motion | overextend | overlap | overspread | overstrain | pay | provide | radiate | ray | reach | render | ride | ridge | run along | sit | span | spin | spin out | spread | spread-eagle | straighten | straighten out | strain | stretch out | stud | supply | sweep | task | tax | temporise | temporize | tense | tense up | territorialise | territorialize | touch | traverse | use | utilise | utilize Extend In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Extending}.] [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out +
tendere to stretch. See {Trend}.]
1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or
continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to
extend a cord across the street.
Few extend their thoughts toward universal
knowledge'. --Locke.
2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread;
to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or
rolling them.
3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend
the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to
extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to
lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or
a season of trail.
4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
His helpless hand extend. --Dryden.
5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend
sympathy to the suffering.
6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating
additions; as, to extend liquors. --G. P. Burnham.
7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in
satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
{Extended letter} (Typog.), a letter, or style of type,
having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type
of the same height.
Note: This is extended type.
Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See
{Increase}.
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