An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
EXTEND
stretch, extend
(verb) extend one’s limbs or muscles, or the entire body; “Stretch your legs!”; “Extend your right arm above your head”
exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth
(verb) thrust or extend out; “He held out his hand”; “point a finger”; “extend a hand”; “the bee exserted its sting”
carry, extend
(verb) continue or extend; “The civil war carried into the neighboring province”; “The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces”
prolong, protract, extend, draw out
(verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; “We prolonged our stay”; “She extended her visit by another day”; “The meeting was drawn out until midnight”
widen, broaden, extend
(verb) extend in scope or range or area; “The law was extended to all citizens”; “widen the range of applications”; “broaden your horizon”; “Extend your backyard”
extend, expand
(verb) expand the influence of; “The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent”
strain, extend
(verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; “He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro”; “Don’t strain your mind too much”
gallop, extend
(verb) cause to move at full gallop; “Did you gallop the horse just now?”
unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend
(verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; “Unfold the newspaper”; “stretch out that piece of cloth”; “extend the TV antenna”
offer, extend
(verb) offer verbally; “extend my greetings”; “He offered his sympathy”
extend, offer
(verb) make available; provide; “extend a loan”; “The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages”
run, go, pass, lead, extend
(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; “Service runs all the way to Cranbury”; “His knowledge doesn’t go very far”; “My memory extends back to my fourth year of life”; “The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets”
cover, continue, extend
(verb) span an interval of distance, space or time; “The war extended over five years”; “The period covered the turn of the century”; “My land extends over the hills on the horizon”; “This farm covers some 200 acres”; “The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles”
extend, poke out, reach out
(verb) reach outward in space; “The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended)
(intransitive) To increase in extent.
(intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
(transitive) To straighten (a limb).
(transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
(UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
(object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
Synonym: inherit
(intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
Synonyms
• enlarge
• expand
• increase
• lengthen
• stretch
• widen
Anagrams
• dentex
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] Etym: [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend.]
1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge'. Locke.
2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.
4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. His helpless hand extend. Dryden.
5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham.
7. (Eng. Law)
Definition: To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.
Note: This is extended type.
Syn.
– To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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