Extend and Outstretch

Extend

Extend verb - To make longer.
Usage example: our guests from out of town extended their visit by a week

Outstretch is a synonym for extend in move topic. In some cases you can use "Outstretch" instead a verb "Extend", when it comes to topics like offer, stretch, lengthen.

Outstretch

Outstretch verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.
Usage example: the dog had outstretched his legs and was lying across the width of the doorway

Extend is a synonym for outstretch in move topic. You can use "Extend" instead a verb "Outstretch", if it concerns topics such as spread, stretch, lengthen.
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Outstretch and Extend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/outstretch
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