extends

[ik-stend]

ex·tend

[ik-stend]
verb (used with object)
1.
to stretch out; draw out to the full length: He extended the measuring tape as far as it would go.
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: to extend one's hand in greeting.
4.
to place at full length, especially horizontally, as the body or limbs.
5.
to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong: to extend a visit.
EXPAND
6.
to stretch out in various or all directions; expand; spread out in area: A huge tent was extended over the field.
7.
to enlarge the scope of, or make more comprehensive, as operations, influence, or meaning: The European powers extended their authority in Asia.
8.
to provide as an offer or grant; offer; grant; give: to extend aid to needy scholars.
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.
a.
British. to assess or value.
b.
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.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
17.
to be or become extended; stretch out in length, duration, or in various or all directions.
18.
to reach, as to a particular point.
19.
to increase in length, area, scope, etc.
20.
Manège. (of a horse) to come into an extended attitude.

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Extends is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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

ex·tend·i·ble, ex·tend·a·ble, adjective
ex·tend·i·bil·i·ty, ex·tend·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ex·tend·i·ble, adjective
non·ex·tend·i·ble·ness, noun
pre·ex·tend, verb
EXPAND
su·per·ex·tend, verb
un·ex·tend·a·ble, adjective
un·ex·tend·i·ble, adjective
COLLAPSE


5. continue. See lengthen. 6. enlarge; widen, dilate. 8. bestow, impart.


1. shorten, contract.

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