Definition of extend

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Extend (v. t.) To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand..

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Elongate :: Elongate (a.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line..
Catboat :: Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix..
Long :: Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book..
Back :: Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster..
Coextending :: Coextending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coexten.
Prolongate :: Prolongate (v. t.) To prolong; to extend in space or in time.
Trousers :: Trousers (n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately..
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches..
Scope :: Scope (n.) Extended area.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship..
Protocercal :: Protocercal (a.) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal..
Intractile :: Intractile (a.) Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
Extensor :: Extensor (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..
Protrude :: Protrude (v. i.) To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..
Inextension :: Inextension (n.) Want of extension; unextended state.
Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister..
Overrun :: Overrun (v. i.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns..
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