Extendable Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to stretch out; draw out to the full length: He extended the measuring tape as far as it would go. | | 2. | to stretch, draw, or arran
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ge in a given direction, or so as to reach a particular point, as a cord, wall, or line of troops. | | 3. | to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand: to extend one's hand in greeting. | | 4. | to place at full length, esp. horizontally, as the body or limbs. | | 5. | to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong: to extend a visit. | | 6. | to stretch out in various or all directions; expand; spread out in area: A huge tent was extended over the field. | | 7. | to enlarge the scope of, or make more comprehens
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ive, as operations, influence, or meaning: The European powers extended their authority in Asia. | | 8. | to provide as an offer or grant; offer; grant; give: to extend aid to needy scholars. | | 9. | Finance. to postpone (the payment of a debt) beyond the time originally agreed upon. | | 10. | to increase the bulk or volume of, esp. by adding an inexpensive or plentiful substance. | | 11. | Bookkeeping. to transfer (figures) from one column to another. | | 12. | Law. | a. | British. to assess or value. | | b. | to make a seizure or levy upon, as land, by a writ of extent. | | | 13. | Manège. to bring (a horse) into an extended attitude. | | 14. | to exert (oneself) to an unusual degree. | | 15. | Archaic. to exaggerate. | | 16. | Obsolete. to take by seizure. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to be or become extended; stretch out in length, duration, or in various or all directions. | | 18. | to reach, as to a particular point. | | 19. | to increase in length, area, scope, etc. | | 20. | Manège. (of a horse) to come into an extended attitude. | |
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Baton Definition–noun | 1. | Music. a wand used by a conductor. | | 2. | a rod of lightweight metal fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorette. | | 3. | Track. a hollow rod of wood, paper, or plastic that is passed during a race from one member of a relay team to the next in a prescribed area. | | 4. | a staff, club, or truncheon, esp. one serving as a mark of office or authority. | | 5. | Heraldry. | a. | a diminutive of the bend sinister, couped at the extremities: used in England as a mark of bastardy. | | b. | a similar diminutive of the ordinary bend. | | |
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