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Definition of Extend
1. Verb. Extend in scope or range or area. "Extend your backyard"
Generic synonyms: Increase
Specialized synonyms: Broaden, Territorialise, Territorialize, Globalise, Globalize, Stretch
Related verbs: Expand
Derivative terms: Extension, Extensive, Extent
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"
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Come, Radiate, Ray, Go Deep, Go Far
Related verbs: Range, Run
Also: Extend To, Run Along
Derivative terms: Extent
3. Verb. Span an interval of distance, space or time. "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
Related verbs: Cover
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Cross, Span, Sweep, Traverse, Sweep, Overlap, Overspread, Spread, Ridge, Constellate, Dot, Stud
Derivative terms: Extent
4. Verb. Make available; provide. "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
Related verbs: Offer
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
Derivative terms: Offer
5. Verb. Thrust or extend out. "The bee exserted its sting"
Specialized synonyms: Hyperextend
Generic synonyms: Gesticulate, Gesture, Motion
Derivative terms: Extendible, Extensible, Extensor
6. Verb. Reach outward in space. "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
7. Verb. Offer verbally. "He offered his sympathy"
Generic synonyms: Give, Pay
Related verbs: Offer
Derivative terms: Offer, Offering
8. Verb. Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body. "Extend your right arm above your head"
Generic synonyms: Strain, Tense, Tense Up
Specialized synonyms: Spread-eagle, Crane, Stretch Out
Derivative terms: Extension, Extensor, Stretch, Stretching
9. Verb. Expand the influence of. "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Broaden, Widen
Derivative terms: Expandible, Expansive
10. Verb. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer. "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
Related verbs: Carry
Generic synonyms: Lengthen
Specialized synonyms: Temporise, Temporize, Spin, Spin Out
Derivative terms: Extendible, Prolongation, Prolongation, Prolongation, Protraction, Protraction
11. Verb. Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. "Extend the TV antenna"
Generic synonyms: Change Form, Change Shape, Deform
Derivative terms: Extensible
12. Verb. Cause to move at full gallop. "The men extend the horses across the field"; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
Category relationships: Horseback Riding, Riding, Equitation, Horseback Riding, Riding
Generic synonyms: Ride, Sit
Derivative terms: Gallop
13. Verb. Open or straighten out; unbend. "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
Related verbs: Stretch, Stretch Out, Unfold
Derivative terms: Extendible, Extensible
14. Verb. Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity. "Don't strain your mind too much"
Generic synonyms: Apply, Employ, Use, Utilise, Utilize
Specialized synonyms: Overextend, Overstrain, Task, Tax
Derivative terms: Strain, Strain, Straining
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"
Generic synonyms: Continue
Related verbs: Draw Out, Prolong, Protract
Derivative terms: Carry
17. Verb. Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance. "Extend the casserole with a little rice"
Generic synonyms: Increase
Related verbs: Adulterate, Debase, Dilute, Load, Stretch
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)