large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage"
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type"
washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; "he took a shower after the game"
a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; "her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting"
a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
spray or sprinkle with; "The guests showered rice on the couple"
rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"
marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"
large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents"
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"
fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand"