Main entry: extended, extensive
Definition: large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
Usage: an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England; extended farm lands; surgeons with extended experience; they suffered extensive damage
Main entry: extended
Definition: beyond the literal or primary sense
Usage: `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
Main entry: extended
Definition: fully extended or stretched forth
Usage: an extended telescope; his extended legs reached almost across the small room; refused to accept the extended hand
Main entry: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged
Definition: drawn out or made longer spatially
Usage: 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
Main entry: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, protracted, prolonged
Definition: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Usage: a drawn-out argument; an extended discussion; a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law; a prolonged and bitter struggle; protracted negotiations