Definition: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
Usage: Stretch your legs!; Extend your right arm above your head
Main entry: stretch forth, stretch out, hold out, exsert, extend, put out
Definition: thrust or extend out
Usage: He held out his hand; point a finger; extend a hand; the bee exserted its sting
Definition: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
Usage: stretch the soup by adding some more cream; extend the casserole with a little rice
Definition: continue or extend
Usage: The civil war carried into the neighboring province; The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
Main entry: prolong, protract, extend, draw out
Definition: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
Usage: We prolonged our stay; She extended her visit by another day; The meeting was drawn out until midnight
Main entry: extend
Definition: prolong the time allowed for payment of
Usage: extend the loan
Main entry: broaden, extend, widen
Definition: extend in scope or range or area
Usage: The law was extended to all citizens; widen the range of applications; broaden your horizon; Extend your backyard
Definition: expand the influence of
Usage: The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
Definition: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
Usage: He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro; Don't strain your mind too much
Main entry: extend
Definition: open or straighten out; unbend
Usage: Can we extend the legs of this dining table?
Definition: cause to move at full gallop
Usage: Did you gallop the horse just now?
Main entry: extend, stretch, stretch out, unfold
Definition: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Usage: Unfold the newspaper; stretch out that piece of cloth; extend the TV antenna
Definition: offer verbally
Usage: extend my greetings; He offered his sympathy
Definition: make available; provide
Usage: extend a loan; The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages
Main entry: extend, run, lead, go, pass
Definition: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Usage: Service runs all the way to Cranbury; His knowledge doesn't go very far; My memory extends back to my fourth year of life; The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
Main entry: extend, cover, continue
Definition: span an interval of distance, space or time
Usage: The war extended over five years; The period covered the turn of the century; My land extends over the hills on the horizon; This farm covers some 200 acres; The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles
Main entry: poke out, reach out, extend
Definition: reach outward in space
Usage: The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk