Definition: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
Usage: Stretch your legs!; Extend your right arm above your head
Similar words: strain, tense, tense up
Definition: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
Usage: he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: gesticulate, gesture, motion
Definition: show, express or direct through movement
Usage: He gestured his desire to leave
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
Similar words: increase
Definition: make bigger or more
Usage: The boss finally increased her salary; The university increased the number of students it admitted
Definition: continue or extend
Usage: The civil war carried into the neighboring province; The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
Similar words: continue
Definition: exist over a prolonged period of time
Usage: The bad weather continued for two more weeks
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: extend
Definition: prolong the time allowed for payment of
Usage: extend the loan
Similar words: 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
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: increase
Definition: make bigger or more
Usage: The boss finally increased her salary; The university increased the number of students it admitted
Definition: expand the influence of
Usage: The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
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
Similar words: use, utilise, utilize, employ, apply
Definition: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
Usage: use your head!; we only use Spanish at home; I can't use this tool; Apply a magnetic field here; This thinking was applied to many projects; How do you utilize this tool?; I apply this rule to get good results; use the plastic bags to store the food; He doesn't know how to use a computer
Synonyms: extend
Definition: open or straighten out; unbend
Usage: Can we extend the legs of this dining table?
Similar words: straighten, straighten out
Definition: make straight
Definition: cause to move at full gallop
Usage: Did you gallop the horse just now?
Definition: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
Usage: She never sat a horse!; Did you ever ride a camel?; The girl liked to drive the young mare
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: deform, change form, change shape
Definition: assume a different shape or form
Definition: offer verbally
Usage: extend my greetings; He offered his sympathy
Definition: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
Usage: Don't pay him any mind; give the orders; Give him my best regards; pay attention
Definition: make available; provide
Usage: extend a loan; The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Synonyms: poke out, reach out, extend
Definition: reach outward in space
Usage: The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?