• Extend one''s limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
• thrust or Extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "Extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
• 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"
• continue or Extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease Extended into the remote mountain provinces"
• 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"
• prolong the time allowed for payment of; "Extend the loan"
• 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"
• expand the influence of; "The King Extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really Extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don''t strain your mind too much"
• open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we Extend the legs of this dining table?"
• cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
• Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "Extend the TV antenna"
• offer verbally; "Extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
• make available; provide; "Extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
• 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''t go very far"; "My memory Extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts ex
• 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"
• reach outward in space; "The awning Extends several feet over the sidewalk"

'Extend' in other languages