extended
adjective
1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- an extended discussion
Similar word(s): long, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
2. fully extended or stretched forth
- an extended telescope
- his extended legs reached almost across the small room
- refused to accept the extended hand
Similar word(s): outspread, spread, outstretched, sprawly, stretched
3. drawn out or made longer spatially
- the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
Similar word(s): long, elongated, lengthened, prolonged
4. beyond the literal or primary sense
- `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
Similar word(s): figurative, nonliteral
5. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
- extended farm lands
- surgeons with extended experience
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of extend