extender

English

Etymology

extend +‎ -er

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".

Derived terms

• DOS extender

Anagrams

• re-extend, reextend, reëxtend

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Interlingue

Verb

1. to extend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extender

infinitive	extender
participle	present	perfect
	extendent	extendet
present	simple	perfect
	extende	ha extendet
past	extendet	hat extendet
future	va extender	va har extendet
conditional	vell extender	vell har extendet
subjunctive	extendeye	haye extendet
imperative	extende

Related terms

• extension
• extensibil
• extensibilitá

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Portuguese

Verb

1. Obsolete spelling of estender

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extendere, present active infinitive of extendō, or modified from the Old Spanish estender, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstenˈdeɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

Verb

1. to extend

Related terms

• extensión
• extenso

See also

• desplegar
• estirar

Further reading

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