extend

verb

1. 1

   To increase in extent.

2. 2

   To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.

   “The desert extended for miles in all directions.”

3. 3

   To cause to increase in extent.

4. 4

   To cause to last for a longer period of time.

5. 5

   To straighten (a limb).

6. 6

   To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.

   “to extend credit to a valued customer”

7. 7

   To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.

8. 8

   To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

9. 9

   Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.

   “The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.”

10. 10

    To reenlist for a further period.