Sentence:  When he turned into the highway that <WSD>led</WSD> to the outskirts of the city and then rose toward home , he had to pull over to the curb and wait for a few minutes , sucking in air and squinting and blinking his eyes to clear them of tears . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point