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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;
- Example: "a drawn-out argument"
- Example: "an extended discussion"
- Example: "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"
- Example: "a prolonged and bitter struggle"
- Example: "protracted negotiations"
[syn: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]

2. fully extended or stretched forth;
- Example: "an extended telescope"
- Example: "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"
- Example: "refused to accept the extended hand"

3. drawn out or made longer spatially;
- Example: "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"
- Example: "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"
- Example: "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"
- Example: "a prolonged black line across the page"
[syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged]

4. beyond the literal or primary sense;
- Example: "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'";

5. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity;
- Example: "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"
- Example: "extended farm lands"
- Example: "surgeons with extended experience"
- Example: "they suffered extensive damage"
[syn: extensive, extended]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Extend \Ex*tend"\ ([e^]ks*t[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere,
   extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See
   Trend.]
   1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or
      continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to
      extend a cord across the street.
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            Few extend their thoughts toward universal
            knowledge.                            --Locke.
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   2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread;
      to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or
      rolling them.
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   3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend
      the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to
      extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to
      lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or
      a season of trial.
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   4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
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            His helpless hand extend.             --Dryden.
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   5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend
      sympathy to the suffering.
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   6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating
      additions; as, to extend liquors. --G. P. Burnham.
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   7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in
      satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
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   Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type,
      having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type
      of the same height.
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   Note: This is extended type.

   Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See
        Increase.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

extended
    adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a
           drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy
           visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter
           struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: drawn-out,
           extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]
    2: fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope";
       "his extended legs reached almost across the small room";
       "refused to accept the extended hand" [ant: unextended]
    3: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
       Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the
       extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a
       prolonged black line across the page" [syn: elongated,
       extended, lengthened, prolonged]
    4: beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press'
       shows an extended sense of `hot'"
    5: large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an
       extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended
       farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they
       suffered extensive damage" [syn: extensive, extended]