extending

Verb

extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended)

1. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
2. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
   • The desert extended for miles in all directions.
3. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.

   Synonyms:

   run

4. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
5. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
6. (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
   • to extend sympathy to the suffering

See all 10 meanings of extend