1.  extend(v = verb.change) broaden, widen - extend in scope or range or area; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"
Derived form noun extension₂, adjective extensive₁, noun extent₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  extend(v = verb.stative) go, lead, pass, run - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
Derived form noun extent₂
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

3.  extend(v = verb.stative) continue, cover - span an interval of distance, space or time; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "The war extended over five years"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"
Derived form noun extent₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

4.  extend(v = verb.possession) offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

5.  extend(v = verb.body) exsert, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out - thrust or extend out; "extend a hand"; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "the bee exserted its sting"
Derived form adjective extendible₁, adjective extensible₁, noun extensor₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

6.  extend(v = verb.stative) poke out, reach out - reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
Derived form adjective extendible₁, adjective extensible₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

7.  extend(v = verb.possession) offer - offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

8.  extend(v = verb.body) stretch - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Extend your right arm above your head"; "Stretch your legs!"
Derived form noun extension₅, noun extensor₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

9.  extend(v = verb.change) expand - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

10.  extend(v = verb.change) draw out, prolong, protract - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; "We prolonged our stay"
Derived form adjective extendible₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

11.  extend(v = verb.motion) stretch, stretch out, unfold - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "extend the TV antenna"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "Unfold the newspaper"
Derived form adjective extensible₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s

12.  extend(v = verb.motion) gallop - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

13.  extend(v = verb.contact) - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
Derived form adjective extendible₁, adjective extensible₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

14.  extend(v = verb.consumption) strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "Don't strain your mind too much"; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

15.  extend(v = verb.change) - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"
Derived form adjective extendible₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

16.  extend(v = verb.change) carry - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

17.  extend(v = verb.change) stretch - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "extend the casserole with a little rice"; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. [1913 Webster]

2.  To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them. [1913 Webster]

3.  To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trial. [1913 Webster]

4.  To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. [1913 Webster]

5.  To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering. [1913 Webster]

6.  To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham. [1913 Webster]

7.  To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. [1913 Webster]

extend, v.
1 tr. & intr. lengthen or make larger in space or time.
2 tr. stretch or lay out at full length.
3 intr. & tr. (foll. by to, over) reach or be or make continuous over a certain area.
4 intr. (foll. by to) have a certain scope (the permit does not extend to camping).
5 tr. offer or accord (an invitation, hospitality, kindness, etc.).
6 tr. (usu. refl. or in passive) tax the powers of (an athlete, horse, etc.) to the utmost.

Idiom:
extended family a family including relatives living near. extended-play (of a gramophone record) playing for longer than most singles, usu. at 45 r.p.m.

Derivative:
extendable adj. extendability n. extendible adj. extendibility n. extensible adj. extensibility n.

Etymology:
ME f. L extendere extens- or extent- stretch out (as EX-(1), tendere stretch)

VB  become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten, become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.

VB  be long, stretch out, sprawl, extend to, reach to, stretch to, make a long arm, drag its slow length along, render long, lengthen, extend, elongate, stretch, prolong, produce, protract, let out, draw out, spin out, drawl, enfilade, look along, view in perspective, distend (expand).

VB  stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic, bounce, spring back.