extend

verb10

1. •
   to make something larger or reach further than it did before
2. •
   To increase in extent.
3. •
   To cause to last for a longer period of time.
4. •
   To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
5. •
   To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.

   • The desert extended for miles in all directions.
6. •
   To straighten (a limb).
7. •
   Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.

   • The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
8. •
   To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.

   • There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.
9. •
   (US) To reenlist for a further period.

   • Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended. — 1993
10. •
    (UK) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.