[ɛkˈstɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause to cover a wider area; make larger
(e.g: the car park has been extended)

- hold (something) out towards someone
(e.g: I nod and extend my hand)

- cause (someone or something) to exert the utmost effort
(e.g: horses have the strength of character to extend themselves to their utmost limit)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin extendere ‘stretch out’, from ex- ‘out’ + tendere ‘stretch’