Extend

/ɛkˈstɛnd/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To increase in extent..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
2. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
3. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
4. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
5. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
6. (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
8. (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

Example Sentences

The desert extended for miles in all directions.

Szechuan extends from the Wushan Mountains in the east to the Chinsha River — the upper reaches of the Yangtse — in the west.

to extend sympathy to the suffering

to extend credit to a valued customer

There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.

The skim milk and middlings should be mixed in a tub or barrel, and, if the supply of milk is short , it may be extended with water.

[…] the exalted morality of those virtuous brethren in the trade who, with consciences as weak as their own "extended" liquors, sought to convince him that to reduce the drink was a mercy to the poor deluded toper.

The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.

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• extends
• extending
• extended

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