What is the meaning of extend?

verb

• Extend in scope or range or area.
  • usage: "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"
  • synonyms: widen, broaden
• Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: run, go, pass, lead
• Span an interval of distance, space or time.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: cover, continue
• Make available; provide.
  • usage: "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
  • synonyms: offer
• Thrust or extend out.
  • usage: "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
  • synonyms: exsert, stretch out, put out, hold out, stretch forth
• Reach outward in space.
  • usage: "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
  • synonyms: poke out, reach out
• Offer verbally.
  • usage: "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
  • synonyms: offer
• Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body.
  • usage: "Stretch your legs"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
  • synonyms: stretch
• Expand the influence of.
  • usage: "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
  • synonyms: expand
• Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer.
  • usage: "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
  • synonyms: prolong, protract, draw out
• Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length.
  • usage: "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
  • synonyms: unfold, stretch, stretch out
• Cause to move at full gallop.
  • usage: "Did you gallop the horse just now"
  • synonyms: gallop
• Open or straighten out; unbend.
  • usage: "Can we extend the legs of this dining table"
• Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.
  • usage: "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
  • synonyms: strain
• Prolong the time allowed for payment of.
  • usage: "extend the loan"
• Continue or extend.
  • usage: "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
  • synonyms: carry
• Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance.
  • usage: "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
  • synonyms: stretch