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Meaning of 'extend' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extend [ 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.
- To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
- 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.
- To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
- To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

Meaning of 'extend' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extend [ v]
Meaning (1):
- extend in scope or range or area
Example in sentence:
  • broaden your horizon;
  • Extend your backyard;
  • The law was extended to all citizens;
  • widen the range of applications
Meaning (2):
- open or straighten out; unbend
Example in sentence:
  • Can we extend the legs of this dining table?
Meaning (3):
- cause to move at full gallop
Example in sentence:
  • Did you gallop the horse just now?
Meaning (4):
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
Example in sentence:
  • Don't strain your mind too much;
  • He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro
Meaning (5):
- thrust or extend out
Example in sentence:
  • extend a hand;
  • He held out his hand;
  • point a finger;
  • the bee exserted its sting
Meaning (6):
- make available; provide
Example in sentence:
  • extend a loan;
  • The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages
Meaning (7):
- offer verbally
Example in sentence:
  • extend my greetings;
  • He offered his sympathy
Meaning (8):
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
Example in sentence:
  • extend the casserole with a little rice;
  • stretch the soup by adding some more cream
Meaning (9):
- prolong the time allowed for payment of
Example in sentence:
  • extend the loan
Meaning (10):
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Example in sentence:
  • extend the TV antenna;
  • stretch out that piece of cloth;
  • Unfold the newspaper
Meaning (11):
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
Example in sentence:
  • Extend your right arm above your head;
  • Stretch your legs!
Meaning (12):
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Example in sentence:
  • His knowledge doesn't go very far;
  • My memory extends back to my fourth year of life;
  • Service runs all the way to Cranbury;
  • The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
Meaning (13):
- span an interval of distance, space or time
Example in sentence:
  • My land extends over the hills on the horizon;
  • The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles;
  • The period covered the turn of the century;
  • The war extended over five years;
  • This farm covers some 200 acres
Meaning (14):
- lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
Example in sentence:
  • She extended her visit by another day;
  • The meeting was drawn out until midnight;
  • We prolonged our stay
Meaning (15):
- reach outward in space
Example in sentence:
  • The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk
Meaning (16):
- continue or extend
Example in sentence:
  • The civil war carried into the neighboring province;
  • The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
Meaning (17):
- expand the influence of
Example in sentence:
  • The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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