extend
1. [ verb ] extend in scope or range or area
Synonyms: broaden widen
Examples:

"The law was extended to all citizens" "widen the range of applications" "broaden your horizon" "Extend your backyard"

Related terms: increase broaden stretch territorialise globalise extension
2. [ verb ] stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Synonyms: run lead go pass
Examples:

"Service runs all the way to Cranbury" "His knowledge doesn't go very far" "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"

Related terms: be come go_far radiate reach line range
3. [ verb ] span an interval of distance, space or time
Synonyms: cover
Examples:

"The war extended over five years" "The period covered the turn of the century" "My land extends over the hills on the horizon" "This farm covers some 200 acres"

Related terms: be cross spread dot overlap overlap sweep ridge cover
4. [ verb ] make available; provide
Synonyms: offer
Examples:

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

Related terms: supply offer
5. [ verb ] extend out and forward, as of a limb
Synonyms: hold_out stretch_forth stretch_out put_out exsert
Examples:

"He held out his hand" "point a finger" "extend a hand"

Related terms: gesticulate hyperextend extensor_muscle
6. [ verb ] reach outward in space
Synonyms: reach_out stick_out poke_out
Examples:

"This rock sticks out" "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"

Related terms: be
7. [ verb ] offer verbally
Synonyms: offer
Examples:

: "extend my greetings" "He offered his sympathy"

Related terms: give offer
8. [ verb ] extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
Synonyms: stretch
Examples:

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

Related terms: tense crane spread-eagle stretch extension
9. [ verb ] expand the influence of
Synonyms: expand
Examples:

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

Related terms: change widen
10. [ verb ] lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
Synonyms: prolong draw_out protract
Examples:

: "We prolonged our stay" "She extended her visit by another day" "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

Related terms: lengthen spin temporize carry prolongation lengthiness extension
11. [ verb ] use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
Synonyms: strain
Examples:

"He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro" "Don't strain your mind too much"

Related terms: use overstrain tax striving
12. [ verb ] (transportation) cause to move at full gallop
Synonyms: gallop
Examples:

"Did you gallop the horse just now?"

Related terms: ride riding riding
13. [ verb ] open or straighten out; unbend
Examples:

"Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

Related terms: straighten unfold
14. [ verb ] continue or extend
Synonyms: carry
Examples:

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

Related terms: continue carry prolong
15. [ verb ] extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Synonyms: stretch stretch_out unfold
Examples:

"Unfold the newspaper" "stretch out that piece of cloth" "extend the TV antenna"

Related terms: change_shape
16. [ verb ] prolong the time allowed for payment of
Examples:

: "extend the loan"

Related terms: prolong carry
17. [ verb ] increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
Synonyms: stretch
Examples:

"stretch the soup by adding some more cream" "extend the casserole with a little rice"

Related terms: increase adulterate
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