Dictionary Entry
extend
extend is a 6-letter English word with 24 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 24 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
- 3transitive verb
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 trail.
- 4transitive verb
To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
- 5transitive verb
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
- 6transitive verb
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
- 7transitive verb
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- 8verb
extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
"Stretch your legs!"
"Extend your right arm above your head"
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- 9verb
thrust or extend out
"He held out his hand"
"point a finger"
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- 10verb
increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream"
"extend the casserole with a little rice"
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- 11verb
continue or extend
"The civil war carried into the neighboring province"
"The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
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- 12verb
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
"We prolonged our stay"
"She extended her visit by another day"
- 13verb
prolong the time allowed for payment of
"extend the loan"
- 14verb
extend in scope or range or area
"The law was extended to all citizens"
"widen the range of applications"
- 15verb
expand the influence of
"The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
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- 16verb
use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
"He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"
"Don't strain your mind too much"
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- 17verb
open or straighten out; unbend
"Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
- 18verb
cause to move at full gallop
"Did you gallop the horse just now?"
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- 19verb
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
"Unfold the newspaper"
"stretch out that piece of cloth"
- 20verb
offer verbally
"extend my greetings"
"He offered his sympathy"
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- 21verb
make available; provide
"extend a loan"
"The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
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- 22verb
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
"Service runs all the way to Cranbury"
"His knowledge doesn't go very far"
- 23verb
span an interval of distance, space or time
"The war extended over five years"
"The period covered the turn of the century"
- 24verb
reach outward in space
"The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
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