extend meaning
EN
[ɛkˈstɛnd] [-ɛnd] - VerbSGextendsPRextendingPT, PPextendedSUF-end
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- These vessels extend into the capsule and extralobular region and connect to efferent lymphatic vessels (ELVs) [ 21 , 22 , 31 ].
- In addition, malaria parasites can uptake nutrients from the environment through ion channels [43 ] and tubovesicular membrane networks extending from the parasite vacuole membrane [41 ,42 ,44 ].
- Indeed, the red enamel band of ever-growing incisors of rodents extends across the whole crown of the tooth, including the part enclosed in the alveolous within the jaw.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of extend in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "extend" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.