extend, lengthen, prolong, protract mean to draw out or add to so as to increase in length. extend and lengthen imply a drawing out in space or time but extend may also imply increase in width, …

[ I ] Farmland extends for miles in every direction. [ I ] The meeting extended into the late hours of the night. [ T ] He extended his hand to greet me.

If you say that something, usually something large, extends for a particular distance or extends from one place to another, you are indicating its size or position.

EXTEND definition: to stretch out; draw out to the full length. See examples of extend used in a sentence.

2. to last for a certain time: his schooling extended for three years. 3. (intr) to reach a certain point in time or distance: the land extends five miles. 4. (intr) to exist or occur: the trees extended …

Nov 30, 2025 · extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended) (intransitive) To increase in extent.

to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand: to extend one's hand in greeting. to place at full length, esp. horizontally, as the body or limbs. prolong: to extend a visit. spread out in area: A …

"Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

to stretch out over a gap. They will extend the highway over this part of the river. to give or offer openly (good wishes, offers of help or invitation, congratulations, or the like). I hope you'll …

EXTEND definition: 1. to make something bigger or longer: 2. to make an activity, agreement, etc last for a longer…. Learn more.