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Definition of Extend

1. Verb. Extend in scope or range or area. "Extend your backyard"

2. Verb. Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"

3. Verb. Span an interval of distance, space or time. "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

4. Verb. Make available; provide. "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"

5. Verb. Thrust or extend out. "The bee exserted its sting"

6. Verb. Reach outward in space. "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"

7. Verb. Offer verbally. "He offered his sympathy"

8. Verb. Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body. "Extend your right arm above your head"

9. Verb. Expand the influence of. "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"

10. Verb. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer. "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

11. Verb. Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. "Extend the TV antenna"

12. Verb. Cause to move at full gallop. "The men extend the horses across the field"; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"

13. Verb. Open or straighten out; unbend. "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

14. Verb. Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity. "Don't strain your mind too much"

15. Verb. Prolong the time allowed for payment of. "Extend the loan"

16. Verb. Continue or extend. "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"

17. Verb. Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance. "Extend the casserole with a little rice"

Definition of Extend

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Extend

1. Verb. (intransitive) To increase in extent. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To straighten (a limb). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extend

1. to stretch out to full length [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Extend

1. To straighten a limb, to diminish or extinguish the angle formed by flexion; to place the distal segment of a limb in such a position that its axis is continuous with that of the proximal segment. Origin: L. Ex-tendo, pp. -tensus, to stretch out (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extend

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Literary usage of Extend

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"Order for liberty to let an infant's estate, without a reference to the Master: the property being small: but not to extend to building leases, ..."

2. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1892)
"It seems scarcely to admit of controversy, that the judiciary authority of the Union ought to extend to these several descriptions of cases: 1st, ..."

3. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act to authorize certain officers and other persons to administer oaths, approved May the 3d, 1798. ..."

4. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"It seems scarcely to admit of controversy, that the judiciary authority of the Union ought to extend to these several descriptions of cases: 1st, ..."

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