extend

[ ik-stend ]
/ ɪkˈstɛnd /

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of extend

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

SYNONYMS FOR extend

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

OTHER WORDS FROM extend

British Dictionary definitions for extendable

extend
/ (ɪkˈstɛnd) /

verb

Derived forms of extend

extendible or extendable, adjective extendibility or extendability, noun

Word Origin for extend

C14: from Latin extendere to stretch out, from tendere to stretch

Medical definitions for extendable

extend
[ ĭk-stĕnd ]

v.

To straighten a limb; unbend.