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".

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Verb

extender

  1. to extend

Conjugation


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, or modified from the Old Spanish estender, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekstenˈdeɾ/, [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

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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