⏳ To make longer 🤲 To stretch out 🎉 To offer 💪 To try hard 🍲 To add extra 💻 To add features

to extend

11 5.1

To make food or a dish go further by adding cheap ingredients

verb
/ɪkˈstɛnd/

: alargar

I want to extend my deepest sympathy in this hour of tragedy.

I put a little bit of mineral spirits in here as I've been doing with all the others, just to get the paint to extend a little bit.

Examples

Publishers used fairly standard methods for refreshing worn plates in order to extend their use.

Academic text (2014)
And I'm just going to extend some of these hair strokes to above my brows so that you can really see them.
Make multiple bets and only extend your money.
Potential adverse consequences of MA cooking extend beyond the production process.

Academic text (2006)
The state of Macedonia was only part of the Macedonian region, which extended into northern Greece.

Academic text (1997)
Chronometers worked fine on ships, but they couldn't hold up during extended journeys across land.

Academic text (2002)
Secondly, Israel, despite several UN resolutions, kept on extending its territorial jurisdiction by establishing its colonies in Palestinian territories.

Academic text (2018)
To save money, the chef decided to extend the sauce by adding more broth.
She used various ingredients to extend the mixture, making it serve more people at the party.
The construction workers plan to extend the concrete foundation with additional material to support the structure.

Synonyms

to increase

vsto extend

∞ 1.0

To make something larger or more in number

adds cheaper filler to boost quantity without improving substance

to add

vsto extend

∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

adds cheaper filler to increase quantity rather than genuinely improve it

to add to

vsto extend

822 1.8

Make something larger in number, amount or degree

adds cheaper filler to increase quantity rather than improve substance

to expand

vsto extend

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

adds cheaper filler to increase bulk rather than widen scope

to stretch

vsto extend

192 4.8

Make something seem bigger than it really is

adds cheaper filler to increase quantity and make it go further

to supplement

vsto extend

61 4.3

To add extra information to make something more complete

adds cheaper filler to stretch supply, often reducing overall quality

to augment

vsto extend

52 5.3

To make something bigger by adding more to it

adds cheaper filler to increase quantity rather than add value

to pad out

vsto extend

Informal

1 6.5

To add extra not needed words or details to make a text longer

adds cheaper filler to increase quantity rather than improve quality

Antonyms

to concentrate

561 3.4

To give all your attention to one thing

to purify

30 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

Idioms

to extend a hand

Informal

5 2.9

To offer help or friendship by reaching out your hand to someone

to extend an olive branch

Informal

2 4.2

Offer to make peace after an argument

Phrasal Verbs

to extend to

58 3.4

Reach up to a certain point or limit

to extend oneself

1 6.9

To make a big effort beyond your usual limits

How Diluted

to adulterate

Specialized

5 8.2

to extend

11 5.1

dilute

1 4.2

to water down

Informal

14 4.0

to pad out

Informal

1 6.5

Surface Forms

extend infinitive

extended past

extended past participle

extending present participle

extends third person singular

Morphology

extend = tend (semi-transparent) = ex + tend

Formally ex- + tend is clear, but the specialised sense of 'adulterate or extend by adding cheaper substance' is a derived usage that may not be deducible from the modern senses of 'tend'.

Etymology

The word extend comes from Latin extendere, from ex- 'out' and tendere 'to stretch'. Think of 'stretching' a meal to feed more people, so to extend something can mean to make it go further by adding extra or cheaper parts.