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
Definition: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Usage: a large city; set out for the big city; a large sum; a big (or large) barn; a large family; big businesses; a big expenditure; a large number of newspapers; a big group of scientists; large areas of the world
Synonyms: extended
Definition: beyond the literal or primary sense
Usage: `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
Similar words: nonliteral, figurative
Definition: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Usage: figurative language
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: spread, outspread
Definition: fully extended in width
Usage: outspread wings; with arms spread wide
Similar words: outstretched
Definition: fully extended especially in length
Usage: a kitten with one paw outstretched
Similar words: sprawly
Definition: spread out irregularly
Usage: a big sprawly city
Similar words: spread-eagle
Definition: with arms and legs stretched out and apart
Usage: lay spread-eagle on the floor
Similar words: stretched
Definition: extended or spread over a wide area or distance
Usage: broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: long
Definition: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
Usage: a long road; a long distance; contained many long words; ten miles long
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: long
Definition: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
Usage: a long life; a long boring speech; a long time; a long friendship; a long game; long ago; an hour long