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English Dictionary: extend |
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3 results for extend |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- extend
- v
- 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"
Synonym(s): widen, broaden, extend
- 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 extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
Synonym(s): run, go, pass, lead, extend
- 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"
Synonym(s): cover, continue, extend
- make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
Synonym(s): extend, offer
- thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
Synonym(s): exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth
- reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
Synonym(s): extend, poke out, reach out
- offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
Synonym(s): offer, extend
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
Synonym(s): stretch, extend
- expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
Synonym(s): extend, expand
- 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"
Synonym(s): prolong, protract, extend, draw out
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
Synonym(s): unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend
- cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
Synonym(s): gallop, extend
- 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't strain your mind too much"
Synonym(s): strain, extend
- 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"
Synonym(s): carry, extend
- 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"
Synonym(s): extend, stretch
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Extend \Ex*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Extending}.] [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out +
tendere to stretch. See {Trend}.]
1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or
continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to
extend a cord across the street.
Few extend their thoughts toward universal
knowledge'. --Locke.
2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread;
to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or
rolling them.
3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend
the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to
extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to
lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or
a season of trail.
4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
His helpless hand extend. --Dryden.
5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend
sympathy to the suffering.
6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating
additions; as, to extend liquors. --G. P. Burnham.
7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in
satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
{Extended letter} (Typog.), a letter, or style of type,
having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type
of the same height.
Note: This is extended type.
Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See
{Increase}.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
extend
To add {features} to a program, especially
through the use of {hooks}.
"Extend" is very often used in the phrase "extend the
{functionality} of a program."
{Plug-ins} are one form of extension.
(1997-06-21)
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