Definitions for extends

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extends ex·tend

Spelling: [ik-stend]

IPA: /ɪkˈstɛnd/

Extends is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in extends (deenstx).

Definitions for extends

verb (used with object)

1. to stretch out; draw out to the full length:
2. to stretch, draw, or arrange in a given direction, or so as to reach a particular point, as a cord, wall, or line of troops.
3. to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand:
4. to place at full length, especially horizontally, as the body or limbs.
5. to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong:
6. to stretch out in various or all directions; expand; spread out in area:
7. to enlarge the scope of, or make more comprehensive, as operations, influence, or meaning:
8. to provide as an offer or grant; offer; grant; give:
9. Finance. to postpone (the payment of a debt) beyond the time originally agreed upon.
10. to increase the bulk or volume of, especially by adding an inexpensive or plentiful substance.
11. Bookkeeping. to transfer (figures) from one column to another.
12. Law. British. to assess or value. to make a seizure or levy upon, as land, by a writ of extent.
13. Manège. to bring (a horse) into an extended attitude.
14. to exert (oneself) to an unusual degree.
15. Archaic. to exaggerate.
16. Obsolete. to take by seizure.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become extended; stretch out in length, duration, or in various or all directions.
2. to reach, as to a particular point.
3. to increase in length, area, scope, etc.
4. Manège. (of a horse) to come into an extended attitude.

Origin of extends

1250-1300; Middle English extenden Latin extendere to stretch out. See ex-¹, tend¹

Examples for extends

We would like to extend our sincere sympathies to the family and friends of those on board QZ8501.

We have asked for no privileges we would not extend to others.

And did Bernadette ever extend the pilgrimage of her dreams as far as Bartres?

But would they be willing to extend their welcome to series that are streamed outside of Netflix?

Nor did her hips want the assistance of a hoop to extend them.

Valerie isn't going anywhere, and her work will extend through those she has cultivated and inspired.

The road, straight as an arrow, seemed to extend into the infinite.

At some point, show creator Mark Burnett made the diabolical decision to extend the show to 120 minutes.

In order to extend their legal residence in the United States, they had to obtain other visas.

Russia sought to extend her conquests south and to seize upon Turkey.