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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, extends, extending

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

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