extending >> /ɛkˈstɛndɪŋ/
Definition: [verb] To increase in extent.
Definition: [verb] To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
Example: The desert extended for miles in all directions.
Definition: [verb] To cause to increase in extent.
Definition: [verb] To cause to last for a longer period of time.
Definition: [verb] To straighten (a limb).
Definition: [verb] To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
Example: to extend credit to a valued customer
Definition: [verb] To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
Definition: [verb] To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Definition: [verb] Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
Example: The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
Definition: [verb] To reenlist for a further period.