| verb | extend in scope or range or area “The law was extended to all citizens” |
| verb | 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” |
| verb | span an interval of distance, space or time “The war extended over five years” |
| verb | make available; provide “extend a loan” |
| verb | thrust or extend out “He held out his hand” |
| verb | reach outward in space “The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk” |
| verb | offer verbally “extend my greetings” |
| verb | extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body “Stretch your legs!” |
| verb | expand the influence of “The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent” |
| verb | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer “We prolonged our stay” |
| verb | extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length “Unfold the newspaper” |
| verb | cause to move at full gallop “Did you gallop the horse just now?” |
| verb | open or straighten out; unbend “Can we extend the legs of this dining table?” |
| verb | use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity “He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro” |
| verb | prolong the time allowed for payment of “extend the loan” |
| verb | continue or extend “The civil war carried into the neighboring province” |
| verb | increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance “stretch the soup by adding some more cream” |
| adjective | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted “a drawn-out argument” |
| adjective | fully extended or stretched forth “an extended telescope” |
| adjective | drawn out or made longer spatially “Picasso's elongated Don Quixote” |
| adjective | beyond the literal or primary sense “`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'” |
| adjective | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity “an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England” |
| extensive | adjective | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity |
| extension | noun | act of expanding in scope; making more widely available |
| extent | noun | the point or degree to which something extends |
| offer | noun | the verbal act of offering |
| extensible | adjective | capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out |
| extendible | adjective | capable of being lengthened |
| extensor | noun | a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part |
| offering | noun | the verbal act of offering |
| stretch | noun | exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent |
| stretching | noun | exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent |
| expandible | adjective | able to expand or be expanded |
| expansive | adjective | able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion |
| prolongation | noun | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| protraction | noun | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| gallop | noun | a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously |
| strain | noun | an effortful attempt to attain a goal |
| straining | noun | an intense or violent exertion |
| carry | noun | the act of carrying something |
| length | noun | continuance in time |
| lengthiness | noun | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| extensiveness | noun | large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness |
| extend | verb | extend in scope or range or area |