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Verb | 1. | extend - extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" broaden - make broader; "broaden the road" territorialise, territorialize - extend by adding territory globalise, globalize - make world-wide in scope or application; "Markets are being increasingly globalized" expand, extend - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" stretch - extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" |
2. | extend - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" come - extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" ray, radiate - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" | |
3. | extend - span an interval of distance, space or time; "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"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" cover - hold within range of an aimed firearm be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" span, traverse, cross, sweep - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" sweep - cover the entire range of overlap - extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city" overspread, spread - spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" ridge - extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South" constellate, dot, stud - scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" | |
4. | extend - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" | |
5. | ![]() hyperextend - extend a joint beyond its normal range; "Don't hyperextend your elbow" gesticulate, gesture, motion - show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave" | |
6. | extend - reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" | |
7. | extend - offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" | |
8. | extend - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" tense up, tense, strain - cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" spread-eagle - stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor" crane, stretch out - stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" | |
9. | extend - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" | |
10. | extend - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" carry, extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" lengthen - make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | |
11. | ![]() extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" | |
12. | extend - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback equitation, horseback riding, riding - the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | |
13. | extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" straighten, straighten out - make straight stretch out, unfold, stretch, extend - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" | |
14. | extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" overextend, overstrain - strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" | |
15. | extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | |
16. | extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" prolong, protract, draw out, extend - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | |
17. | extend - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" |