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Adjective: extended ik'sten-did or ek'sten-did- Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
"an extended discussion"; - drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted, long-drawn-out - Drawn out or made longer spatially
"the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; - elongated, lengthened, prolonged - Beyond the literal or primary sense
"'hot off the press' shows an extended sense of 'hot'" - Large in spatial extent, range, scope or quantity
"extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; - extensive - Stretched to maximum length or distance
"an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand" Verb: extend ik'stend or ek'stend- Increase in scope, range or area
"The law was extended to all citizens"; "Extend your backyard"; - widen, broaden - 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 - 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 - Make available; provide
"extend a loan"; - offer - Thrust or extend out
"extend a hand"; - exsert, stretch out, put out, hold out, stretch forth - Reach outward in space
"The awning extends several feet over the pavement"; - poke out, reach out - Offer verbally
"extend my greetings"; - offer - Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
"Extend your right arm above your head"; - stretch - Extend the influence of
"The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"; - expand - Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
"She extended her visit by another day"; - prolong, protract, draw out - Make longer or of full length; remove folds by pulling
"extend the TV antenna"; - unfold, stretch, stretch out - (riding) cause to move at full gallop
"Did you extend the horse just now?"; - gallop - Open or straighten out; unbend
"Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" - Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
"He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; - strain - Prolong the time allowed for payment of
"extend the loan" - Continue in location
"The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"; - carry - Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
"extend the casserole with a little rice"; - stretch
See also: big, extend to, figurative, large, long, nonliteral, outspread, outstretched, sprawly, spread, spread-eagle, spreadeagled, stretched 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 Antonym: unextended Encyclopedia: Extended Extend |