1. Large in spatial extent, range, scope or quantity
   "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience";
   - extensive
    
2. Stretched to maximum length or distance
   "refused to accept the extended hand"; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"
    
3. Drawn out or made longer spatially
   "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes";
   - elongated, lengthened, prolonged
    
4. Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
   "an extended discussion";
   - drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted, long-drawn-out
    
5. Beyond the literal or primary sense
   "‘hot off the press’ shows an extended sense of ‘hot’"
    
6. (of family) including relatives beyond the nuclear family
   "She lives with her extended family including aunts and cousins"

1. 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
    
2. Increase in scope, range or area
   "The law was extended to all citizens"; "Extend your backyard";
   - widen, broaden
    
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. Reach outward in space
   "The awning extends several feet over the pavement";
   - poke out, reach out
    
6. Thrust or extend out
   "extend a hand";
   - exsert, stretch out, put out, hold out, stretch forth
    
7. Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
   "Extend your right arm above your head";
   - stretch
    
8. Extend the influence of
   "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent";
   - expand
    
9. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
   "She extended her visit by another day";
   - prolong, protract, draw out
    
10. Offer verbally
    "extend my greetings";
    - offer
     
11. Make longer or of full length; remove folds by pulling
    "extend the TV antenna";
    - unfold, stretch, stretch out
     
12. Open or straighten out; unbend
    "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
     
13. Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
    "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro";
    - strain
     
14. Prolong the time allowed for payment of
    "extend the loan"
     
15. Continue in location
    "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces";
    - carry
     
16. (riding) cause to move at full gallop
    "The rider extended his horse across the field";
    - gallop
     
17. Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
    "extend the casserole with a little rice";
    - stretch

See also: big, figurative, large, long, nonliteral, outspread, outstretched, run along, 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, offer, pay, provide, render, ride, sit, straighten, straighten out, strain, supply, tense, tense up, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Antonym: unextended

Encyclopedia: Extended