extended
Adjective
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Relatively long in duration;
Tediously protracted (synset 301442029)"a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"similar to: long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified -
Fully extended or stretched forth (synset 301434511)
"an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand"similar to:
- outspread, spread - fully extended in width
- outstretched - fully extended especially in length
- sprawly - extended out irregularly
- spread-eagle - with arms and legs stretched out and apart
- stretched - extended or spread over a wide area or distance
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Drawn out or made longer spatially (synset 301437093)
"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"similar to: long - primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
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Beyond the literal or primary sense (synset 301422511)
"`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"similar to: figurative, nonliteral - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
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Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity (synset 301389168)
"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage"same as: extensive
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