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Webster 1913 Edition


Extender

Ex-tend′er

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Noun.
One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.

Webster 1828 Edition


Extender

EXTEND'ER

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Noun.
He or that which extends or stretches.

Definition 2024


extender

extender

English

Noun

extender (plural extenders)

  1. Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
  2. Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
  3. Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
    Soy protein is used as a meat extender.
  4. (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw. (from sense #2)
  5. (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".

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Portuguese

Verb

extender (first-person singular present indicative extendo, past participle extendido)

  1. Obsolete spelling of estender

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extendere, present active infinitive of extendō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ek.sten.ˈdeɾ/

Verb

extender (first-person singular present extiendo, first-person singular preterite extendí, past participle extendido)

  1. to extend

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

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