extend

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To increase in extent.

2. 2

   To possess a certain extent

   To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.

   • 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.
3. 3

   To cause to increase in extent.

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   1. 4

      To cause to last for a longer period of time.

   2. 5

      To straighten (a limb).

   3. 6

      To bestow

      To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.

      • to extend sympathy to the suffering
      • to extend credit to a valued customer
   4. 7

      To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.

      • 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.
   5. 8

      To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt

      To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

   6. 9

      Of a class

      Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.

      • The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
   7. 10

      To reenlist for a further period.

      • Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended.
   8. 11

      Misspelling of extent.

The neighborhood

• synonymenlarge
• synonymexpand
• synonymincrease
• synonymlengthen
• synonymstretch
• synonymwiden
• neighborextendible
• neighborextensible
• neighborextension
• neighborextensive
• neighborextent