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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. 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, extends, extending

See also: extend to, extendible, extensible, extension, extensive, extensor, extent

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