English to English verb
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extend in scope or range or area | Example:
• The law was extended to all citizens • widen the range of applications • broaden your horizon • Extend your backyard
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stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Example:
• 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
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span an interval of distance, space or time | Example:
• 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
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make available; provide | Example:
• extend a loan • The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages
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• He held out his hand • point a finger • extend a hand • the bee exserted its sting
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• The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk
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• extend my greetings • He offered his sympathy
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extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body | Example:
• Stretch your legs! • Extend your right arm above your head
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expand the influence of | Example:
• The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
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lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Example:
• We prolonged our stay • She extended her visit by another day • The meeting was drawn out until midnight
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extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Example:
• Unfold the newspaper • stretch out that piece of cloth • extend the TV antenna
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cause to move at full gallop | Example:
• Did you gallop the horse just now?
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open or straighten out; unbend | Example:
• Can we extend the legs of this dining table?
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use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity | Example:
• He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro • Don't strain your mind too much
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prolong the time allowed for payment of | Example:
• extend the loan
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• The civil war carried into the neighboring province • The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
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increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance | Example:
• stretch the soup by adding some more cream • extend the casserole with a little rice
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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. | source: webster1913
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