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extendedadjective expressing one thing in terms normally used for anotherthe word "snake" in its extended sense refers to a contemptible or treacherous person figural, figurative, metaphoric(or metaphorical), tropical, tropological Aesopian(also Aesopic), allegorical, emblematic(also emblematical), symbolic(also symbolical)catachrestic(or catachrestical), syllepticeuphemisticnonliteral, veritable nonfigurative, nonmetaphorical literalnonsymbolic having considerable extentan extended portion of the valley is now devoted to the growing of grapes for wine broad, deep, expansive, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, rangy, sweeping, wide, wide-ranging, widespread comprehensive, general, global, inclusiveboundless, endless, infinite, limitless, unlimitedcapacious, commodious, roomy, spacious narrow circumscribed, limited, restricted lasting for a considerable timeI've met her, but I have never had an extended conversation with her far, great, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out(or long-drawn), long-lived, long-term, marathon aeonian(or aeonic), endless, everlasting, interminable, persistentlongish, overlong, prolonged, protractedpermanentall-day, all-nightmultiday, multiyear brief, little, mini, short, shortish, short-lived, short-term abrupt, suddenabbreviated, condensed, curtailed, shortenedephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient, transitoryimpermanentshort-range of great extent from end to endthe two armies clashed along an extended line of battle that stretched for miles elongate(or elongated), king-size(or king-sized), lengthy, long extensive, far-reaching, longish, outstretchedoblong, rectangularbig, biggish, considerable, hefty, hulking, jumbo, large, largish, overscale(or overscaled), oversize(or oversized), sizable(or sizeable), substantial, super brief, curt, short, shortish abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, diminished, shortenedbitty, diminutive, little, miniature, minute, puny, small, smallish, teeny, tiny, undersized(also undersize), wee to make longerour guests from out of town extended their visit by a week dragged (out), drew out, elongated, lengthened, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, stretched amplified, enlarged, expanded, increasedattenuated, thinned abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, cut back, shortened decreased, diminished, lessened, reducedthickened to put before another for acceptance or considerationthe couple extended an invitation to join them for a get-together at their house after the concert gave, offered, proffered, tendered, trotted out posed, proposedheld outgave in, submittedvolunteered ran by(or ran past) accepted, received, tookaccredited, approbated, approved, authorized, cleared, confirmed, finalized, formalized, homologated, OK'd(or okayed), ratified, sanctioned, warranteddeclined, denied, disallowed, disapproved, negatived, rejected, turned down, vetoedrebuffed, rebutted, refused, spurnedretracted, withdrewdisregarded, ignored, neglected, overlooked to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider areayou can extend that chaise longue so that it lies completely flat expanded, fanned (out), flared (out), opened, outspread, outstretched, spread (out), stretched (out), unfolded, unfurled overspread closed, contracted, folded compacted, compressed, condensed, reduced to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain directionour backyard extends all the way to that brook bore, headed, lay, led, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), went crossed, cut, passedcoursed, followed, spanned, traversed to make greater in size, amount, or numberembarked on a series of wars intended to extend his empire accelerated, added (to), aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, built up, compounded, enlarged, escalated, expanded, hyped, increased, multiplied, pumped up, raised, stoked, supersized, swelled, upped boomed, jumped, skyrocketed, spikedbumped (up), ratcheted (up)also racheted (up)blew up, dilated, distended, inflateddrew out, elongated, fleshed (out), lengthened, prolonged, protracted, stretcheddeveloped, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedcomplemented, supplementedbeefed (up), reinforced(also reenforced), strengthenedmaximizedaccumulated, amassed, collectedfollowed up, parlayed abated, decreased, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, lessened, lowered, minified, reduced, subtracted (from) abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, shortenedcompressed, condensed, constricted, contractedcut back, retrenched to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substancesthe company extends its ice cream with thickeners and other additives adulterated, cut, diluted, laced, sophisticated, thinned, watered down, weakened loadedbefouled, contaminated, corrupted, defiled, dirtied, envenomed, fouled, infected, poisoned, polluted, soiled, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt), sullied, taintedcheapened, debased, degradedmanipulated, misrepresented, tampered (with)counterfeited, faked, falsified, fudgeddoctored, spikedattenuated, moderated, qualified, tempered enriched, fortified, richened, strengthened fertilized, lardedaugmented, reinforced(also reenforced), supplementeddecontaminated, purifiedclarified, cleaned, cleansed, distilled, filtered, flushed, leached, pasteurized, purged, refinedbettered, enhanced, improvedcompacted, concentrated, condensed in the 15th century |