<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to stretch out; draw out to the full length: He extended the measuring tape as far as it would go.</li><li>Antonyms: contract, shorten</li><li>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.</li><li>to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand: to extend one's hand in greeting.</li><li>to place at full length, especially horizontally, as the body or limbs.</li><li>to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong: to extend a visit.</li><li>Synonyms: continue</li><li>to stretch out in various or all directions; expand; spread out in area: A huge tent was extended over the field.</li><li>Synonyms: dilate, widen, enlarge</li><li>to enlarge the scope of, or make more comprehensive, as operations, influence, or meaning: The European powers extended their authority in Asia.</li><li>to provide as an offer or grant; offer; grant; give: to extend aid to needy scholars.</li><li>Synonyms: impart, bestow</li><li>Finance: to postpone (the payment of a debt) beyond the time originally agreed upon.</li><li>to increase the bulk or volume of, especially by adding an inexpensive or plentiful substance.</li><li>Bookkeeping: to transfer (figures) from one column to another.</li><li>Law: British: to assess or value.</li><li>to make a seizure or levy upon, as land, by a writ of extent.</li><li>Manège: to bring (a horse) into an extended attitude.</li><li>to exert (oneself) to an unusual degree.</li><li>Archaic: to exaggerate.</li><li>Obsolete: to take by seizure.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>