EXTEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extend mean? 

• EXTEND (verb)
  The verb EXTEND has 17 senses:

1. extend in scope or range or area

2. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

3. span an interval of distance, space or time

4. make available; provide

5. thrust or extend out

6. reach outward in space

7. offer verbally

8. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

9. expand the influence of

10. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

11. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

12. cause to move at full gallop

13. open or straighten out; unbend

14. use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

15. prolong the time allowed for payment of

16. continue or extend

17. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

  Familiarity information: EXTEND used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTEND (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extend in scope or range or area

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

broaden; extend; widen

Context example:

Extend your backyard

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Verb group:

expand; extend (expand the influence of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

broaden (make broader)

territorialise; territorialize (extend by adding territory)

globalise; globalize (make world-wide in scope or application)

stretch (extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

extent (the point or degree to which something extends)

extensive (large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity)

extension (act of expanding in scope; making more widely available)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

extend; go; lead; pass; run

Context example:

The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Verb group:

range; run (change or be different within limits)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

come (extend or reach)

radiate; ray (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center)

go deep; go far (extend in importance or range)

underrun (run or pass below)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Also:

extend to (to extend as far as)

Derivation:

extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Span an interval of distance, space or time

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

continue; cover; extend

Context example:

The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Verb group:

cover (hold within range of an aimed firearm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

cross; span; sweep; traverse (to cover or extend over an area or time period)

sweep (cover the entire range of)

overlap (extend over and cover a part of)

overspread; spread (spread across or over)

ridge (extend in ridges)

constellate; dot; stud (scatter or intersperse like dots or studs)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make available; provide

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

extend; offer

Context example:

The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Verb group:

extend; offer (offer verbally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Thrust or extend out

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

exsert; extend; hold out; put out; stretch forth; stretch out

Context example:

the bee exserted its sting

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

hyperextend (extend a joint beyond its normal range)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extendible (capable of being lengthened)

extensible (capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out)

extensor (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Reach outward in space

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

extend; poke out; reach out

Context example:

The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

extendible (capable of being lengthened)

extensible (capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Offer verbally

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

extend; offer

Context example:

He offered his sympathy

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

give; pay (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow)

Verb group:

extend; offer (make available; provide)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 8

Meaning:

Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

extend; stretch

Context example:

Extend your right arm above your head

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

strain; tense; tense up (cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

crane; stretch out (stretch (the neck) so as to see better)

spread-eagle (stretch out completely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extensor (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)

extension (act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Expand the influence of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

expand; extend

Context example:

The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

broaden; extend; widen (extend in scope or range or area)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

draw out; extend; prolong; protract

Context example:

The meeting was drawn out until midnight

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

lengthen (make longer)

Verb group:

carry; extend (continue or extend)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

extend (prolong the time allowed for payment of)

temporise; temporize (draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time)

spin; spin out (prolong or extend)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

extendible (capable of being lengthened)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

extend; stretch; stretch out; unfold

Context example:

extend the TV antenna

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Verb group:

extend (open or straighten out; unbend)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extensible (capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Cause to move at full gallop

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

extend; gallop

Context example:

Did you gallop the horse just now?

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 13

Meaning:

Open or straighten out; unbend

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Can we extend the legs of this dining table?

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

straighten; straighten out (make straight)

Verb group:

extend; stretch; stretch out; unfold (extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extendible (capable of being lengthened)

extensible (capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out)

Sense 14

Meaning:

Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

extend; strain

Context example:

Don't strain your mind too much

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extend"):

task; tax (use to the limit)

overextend; overstrain (strain excessively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 15

Meaning:

Prolong the time allowed for payment of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

extend the loan

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

draw out; extend; prolong; protract (lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer)

Verb group:

carry; extend (continue or extend)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

extendible (capable of being lengthened)

Sense 16

Meaning:

Continue or extend

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carry; extend

Context example:

The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

continue (exist over a prolonged period of time)

Verb group:

draw out; extend; prolong; protract (lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer)

extend (prolong the time allowed for payment of)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 17

Meaning:

Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

extend; stretch

Context example:

extend the casserole with a little rice

Hypernyms (to "extend" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Verb group:

adulterate; debase; dilute; load; stretch (corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The results showed iron, indicating blood, in macrophages (the brain’s immune cells) tracking along the vessels seen on the initial MRI as well as in extended areas beyond that seen on MRI.

(Microbleeds may worsen outcome after head injury, National Institutes of Health)

This means the device should be able to operate for extended periods without needing to be refilled.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

One of the most striking facts about these sites is their extended period of use.

(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)

Most ULXs are typically long-lived because they're created by a dense object, like a black hole, that "feeds" on the star for an extended period of time.

(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The weekend of December 7-8 will be extra special, for Venus and Neptune will and extend an especially glamorous vibration.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The fossil also contains a "styliform" — a long bone that extends from the wrist — providing further evidence the membrane likely ran from Ambopteryx's flank to its fingertips.

(Second Bat-Like Dinosaur Discovered in China, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Previous detections of extended exoplanet atmospheres have been made by studying the spectrum at ultraviolet and optical wavelengths; this detection therefore demonstrates that exoplanet atmospheres can also be studied at longer wavelengths.

(Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, ESA/Hubble)

Env extends from the surface of the HIV virus particle.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

An artifact resulting in ghost images of a vessel extending across the image in the phase encoding direction.

(Accentuation of Pulsatile Flow Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)

The Sisyphi Montes region extends from about 55 degrees to 75 degrees south latitude.

(Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars, NASA)