extend

Verb

Verb Forms: extended, extending, extends

• To stretch out or lengthen.
• extend in scope or range or area
  • "The law was extended to all citizens"
  • "Extend your backyard"
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"
  • "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
• span an interval of distance, space or time
  • "The war extended over five years"
  • "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"
• make available; provide
  • "extend a loan"
• thrust or extend out
  • "extend a hand"
• reach outward in space
  • "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
• offer verbally
  • "extend my greetings"
• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
  • "Extend your right arm above your head"
• expand the influence of
  • "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
  • "She extended her visit by another day"
• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
  • "extend the TV antenna"
• cause to move at full gallop
• open or straighten out; unbend
  • "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
  • "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"
• prolong the time allowed for payment of
  • "extend the loan"
• continue or extend
  • "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
  • "extend the casserole with a little rice"
• To increase in extent.
• To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
• To cause to increase in extent.
• To cause to last for a longer period of time.
• To straighten (a limb).
• To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
• To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
• To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
• Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
• To reenlist for a further period.

Noun

• Misspelling of extent.

Examples

• She managed to extend her word by adding a suffix, hitting a triple-word score.
• The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
• The desert extended for miles in all directions.
• There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.
• to extend credit to a valued customer
• to extend sympathy to the suffering

Synonyms

broaden, carry, continue, cover, draw out, expand, exsert, gallop, go, hold out, lead, offer, pass, poke out, prolong, protract, put out, reach out, run, strain, stretch, stretch forth, stretch out, unfold, widen, enlarge, increase, inherit, lengthen

Related Words

extendible, extensible, extension, extensive, extent