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(verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by addding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" |
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Synonyms: stretch |
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Related Words: increase |
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(verb) prolong the time allowed for payment of: "extend the loan" |
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Related Words: draw out, extend, prolong, protract |
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(verb) expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" |
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Synonyms: expand |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" |
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Related Words: straighten, straighten out |
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(verb) make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" |
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Synonyms: offer |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(verb) reach outward in space; "This rock sticks out"; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" |
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Synonyms: poke out, reach out, stick out |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!" "Extend your right arm above your head" |
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Synonyms: stretch |
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Related Words: crane, spread-eagle, strain, stretch out, tense, tense up |
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(verb) continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into athe remote mountain provinces" |
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Synonyms: carry |
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Related Words: continue |
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(verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" |
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Synonyms: strain |
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Related Words: apply, employ, overextend, overstrain, task, tax, use, utilise, utilize |
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(verb) cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" |
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Synonyms: gallop |
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Related Words: ride, sit |
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(verb) offer verbally: "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" |
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Synonyms: offer |
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Related Words: give, pay |
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(verb) span an interval of distance, space or time; "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" |
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Synonyms: cover |
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Related Words: be, constellate, cross, dot, overlap, overspread, ridge, span, spread, stud, sweep, traverse |
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(verb) extend out and forward, as of a limb; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand" |
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Synonyms: hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out |
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Related Words: gesticulate, gesture, motion |
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(verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer: "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day" |
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Synonyms: draw out, prolong, protract |
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Related Words: extend, lengthen, spin, spin out, temporize |
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(verb) extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon" |
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Synonyms: broaden, widen |
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Related Words: broaden, increase, stretch |
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(verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" |
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Synonyms: stretch, stretch out, unfold |
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Related Words: change form, change shape, deform |
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(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "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" |
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Synonyms: go, lead, pass, run |
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Related Words: be, come, go deep, go far, radiate, ray |
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