Adjective
1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;
"a drawn-out argument""an extended discussion""a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law""a prolonged and bitter struggle""protracted negotiations"2. fully extended or stretched forth;
"an extended telescope""his extended legs reached almost across the small room""refused to accept the extended hand"3. great in range or scope;
"an extended vocabulary""surgeons with extended experience""extensive examples of picture writing""suffered extensive damage""a wide selection"4. drawn out or made longer spatially;
"Picasso's elongated Don Quixote""lengthened skirts are fashionable this year""the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes""a prolonged black line across the page"5. beyond the literal or primary sense;
"`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"6. large in spatial extent or range;
"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England""extended farm lands"