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.
Definitions
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
- transitive verb. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
- transitive verb. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
- transitive verb. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- verb. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
"Stretch your legs!"
"Extend your right arm above your head"
- verb. thrust or extend out
"He held out his hand"
"point a finger"
- verb. 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"
- verb. continue or extend
"The civil war carried into the neighboring province"
"The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
- verb. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
"We prolonged our stay"
"She extended her visit by another day"
- verb. prolong the time allowed for payment of
"extend the loan"
- verb. extend in scope or range or area
"The law was extended to all citizens"
"widen the range of applications"
- verb. expand the influence of
"The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
- verb. 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"
- verb. open or straighten out; unbend
"Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
- verb. cause to move at full gallop
"Did you gallop the horse just now?"
- verb. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
"Unfold the newspaper"
"stretch out that piece of cloth"
- verb. offer verbally
"extend my greetings"
"He offered his sympathy"
- verb. make available; provide
"extend a loan"
"The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
- verb. 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"
- verb. span an interval of distance, space or time
"The war extended over five years"
"The period covered the turn of the century"
- verb. reach outward in space
"The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
Synonyms
stretch, exsert, carry, prolong, protract, broaden, widen, expand, strain, gallop, unfold, offer, go, lead, pass, run, continue, cover
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in extend:
Common word forms
extends, extended, extender, extending, extendable
Words from these letters
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