'Extended' definitions:

Definition of 'extended'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
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]
adjective
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]
adjective
Beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"
adjective
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]

Definition of 'Extended'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. [1913 Webster]
  • His helpless hand extend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. --G. P. Burnham. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: This is extended type.
  • Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'extended'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Extended'