Extend \Ex*tend"\ ([e^]ks*t[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere,
extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See
Trend.]
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.
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Few extend their thoughts toward universal
knowledge. --Locke.
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2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread;
to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or
rolling them.
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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.
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4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
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His helpless hand extend. --Dryden.
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5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend
sympathy to the suffering.
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6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating
additions; as, to extend liquors. --G. P. Burnham.
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7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in
satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
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Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type,
having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type
of the same height.
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Note: This is extended type.
Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See
Increase.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
extended
adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a
drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a
lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged
and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn:
drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]
2: fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope";
"his extended legs reached almost across the small room";
"refused to accept the extended hand" [ant: unextended]
3: great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons
with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture
writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"
[syn: extensive, wide]
4: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year";
"the extended airport runways can accommodate larger
planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: elongated,
lengthened, prolonged]
5: beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press'
shows an extended sense of `hot'"
6: large in spatial extent or range; "an extensive Roman
settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"
[syn: extensive]
WordNet (r) 2.0
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "extended":
accelerated, aggrandized, allegorical, ample, ampliate, amplified,
amplitudinous, associational, augmented, beefed-up, bloated,
boosted, broad, broadened, built-up, capacious, commodious,
connotational, connotative, crescendoed, de longue haleine, deep,
deepened, definable, denotational, denotative, dragged out, drawn,
drawn out, drawn-out, elevated, elongate, elongated, endless,
enhanced, enlarged, expanded, expansive, expressive, extending,
extensional, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, figurative,
filled out, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance,
heightened, hiked, increased, indicative, infinite, inflated,
intelligible, intensified, intensional, interminable,
interpretable, jazzed up, languishing, lasting, lengthened,
lengthy, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn,
long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent,
magnified, marathon, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical,
multiplied, overlong, padded, pithy, pointed, pregnant,
proliferated, prolix, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled,
raised, readable, referential, reinforced, roomy, scopic,
sententious, significant, significative, spacious, spread,
spread out, spreading, spun out, spun-out, stiffened, straggling,
strained, strengthened, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out,
strung out, substantial, suggestive, swollen, symbolic, talkative,
taut, tense, tight, tightened, transferred, unrelenting, upped,
vast, verbose, voluminous, wide, widened, widespread, windy,
wordy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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