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1. Increase in scope, range or area
   "The law was extended to all citizens"; "Extend your backyard";
   - widen, broaden
    
2. 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";
   - run, go, pass, lead
    
3. Span an interval of distance, space or time
   "The war extended over five years"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon";
   - cover, continue
    
4. Make available; provide
   "extend a loan";
   - offer
    
5. Thrust or extend out
   "extend a hand";
   - exsert, stretch out, put out, hold out, stretch forth
    
6. Reach outward in space
   "The awning extends several feet over the pavement";
   - poke out, reach out
    
7. Offer verbally
   "extend my greetings";
   - offer
    
8. Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
   "Extend your right arm above your head";
   - stretch
    
9. Extend the influence of
   "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent";
   - expand
    
10. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
    "She extended her visit by another day";
    - prolong, protract, draw out
     
11. Make longer or of full length; remove folds by pulling
    "extend the TV antenna";
    - unfold, stretch, stretch out
     
12. (riding) cause to move at full gallop
    "Did you extend the horse just now?";
    - gallop
     
13. Open or straighten out; unbend
    "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
     
14. Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
    "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro";
    - strain
     
15. Prolong the time allowed for payment of
    "extend the loan"
     
16. Continue in location
    "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces";
    - carry
     
17. Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
    "extend the casserole with a little rice";
    - stretch

Derived forms: extended, extending, extends

See also: extend to

Type of: alter, apply, be, change, change form, change shape, continue, deform, employ, furnish, gesticulate, gesture, give, increase, lengthen, modify, motion, pay, provide, render, ride, sit, straighten, straighten out, strain, supply, tense, tense up, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Extend