extend

extend in scope or range or area

• “The law was extended to all citizens”
• “widen the range of applications”
• “broaden your horizon”
• “Extend your backyard”

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”
• “;”
• “;”

span an interval of distance, space or time

• “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”

make available; provide

• “extend a loan”
• “The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages”

thrust or extend out

• “He held out his hand”
• “point a finger”
• “extend a hand”
• “the bee exserted its sting”

be the result of

offer verbally

• “extend my greetings”
• “He offered his sympathy”

extend one''s limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• “Stretch your legs!”
• “Extend your right arm above your head”

expand the influence of

• “The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent”

lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• “We prolonged our stay”
• “She extended her visit by another day”
• “The meeting was drawn out until midnight”

extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• “Unfold the newspaper”
• “stretch out that piece of cloth”
• “extend the TV antenna”

cause to move at full gallop

• “Did you gallop the horse just now?”

open or straighten out; unbend

• “Can we extend the legs of this dining table?”

use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• “He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro”
• “Don”

prolong the time allowed for payment of

• “extend the loan”

continue or extend

• “The civil war carried into the neighboring province”
• “The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces”

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”