extend
/ɛkˈstɛnd/
To increase in extent; To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space; To cause to increase in extent
- he/she/it
- extends
- past participle
- extended
Meanings
- 1
To increase in extent
He extended his right arm.
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The city wants to extend the road.
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- 2
To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space
- 3
To cause to increase in extent
- 4
To cause to last for a longer period of time
- 5
To straighten (a limb)rare
- 6
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to applyrare
- 7
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additionsrare
- 8
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extentrare
- 9
Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract classrare
- 10
To reenlist for a further periodrare