ADJECTIVE | all | extensible, extensile | capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out |
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Meaning | capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out. | |
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Example | "an extensible measuring rule" | |
Synonym | extensile | |
Narrower | protractile, protractible | able to be extended |
protrusile, protrusible | capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue | |
Opposite | nonextensile, inextensible, nonprotractile | not extensile |
Spanish | extensible | |
Catalan | extensible | |
Verbs | extend | thrust or extend out |
extend | open or straighten out | |
extend | extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | |
extend | reach outward in space |
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