Word Direct Answers

What does "extend" mean?

Extend: To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. His helpless hand extend. Dryden.
  3. 4.To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
  4. 5.To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham.
  5. 6.(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. See Increase.

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