Meaning of 'extend'

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):
- open or straighten out; unbend

Example in sentence:

Can we extend the legs of this dining table?

Meaning (2):
- cause to move at full gallop

Example in sentence:

Did you gallop the horse just now?

Meaning (3):
- make available; provide

Example in sentence:

extend a loan;
The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages

Meaning (4):
- offer verbally

Example in sentence:

extend my greetings;
He offered his sympathy

Meaning (5):
- prolong the time allowed for payment of

Example in sentence:

extend the loan

Meaning (6):
- thrust or extend out

Example in sentence:

extend a hand;
He held out his hand;
point a finger;
the bee exserted its sting

Meaning (7):
- 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 (8):
- 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 (9):
- 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 (10):
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

Example in sentence:

Extend your right arm above your head;
Stretch your legs!

Meaning (11):
- reach outward in space

Example in sentence:

The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk

Meaning (12):
- continue or extend

Example in sentence:

The civil war carried into the neighboring province;
The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces

Meaning (13):
- expand the influence of

Example in sentence:

The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent

Meaning (14):
- 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 (15):
- 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 (16):
- 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 (17):
- 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

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