Reach
[riːtʃ] or [ritʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out.
(verb.) be in or establish communication with; 'Our advertisements reach millions'; 'He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia'.
(verb.) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; 'Government reaches out to the people'.
(verb.) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; 'The thermometer hit 100 degrees'; 'This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour'.
(verb.) reach a destination, either real or abstract; 'We hit Detroit by noon'; 'The water reached the doorstep'; 'We barely made it to the finish line'; 'I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts'.
(verb.) reach a goal, e.g., 'make the first team'; 'We made it!'; 'She may not make the grade'.
(verb.) to extend as far as; 'The sunlight reached the wall'; 'Can he reach?' 'The chair must not touch the wall'.
Checker: Victoria--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To retch.
(n.) An effort to vomit.
(v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
(v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
(v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
(v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
(v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
(v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
(v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
(v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
(v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
(v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
(v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
(v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
(v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
(v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
(n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
(n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
(n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
(n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
(n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
(n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
Typed by Floyd
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Extend, stretch, stretch forth, hold forth.[2]. Touch, extend to.[3]. Strike, hit.[4]. Arrive at, come to, get to, got at, make way to.[5]. Get, obtain, attain to.
v. n. Extend, be extended.
n. [1]. Reaching, extension.[2]. Power to reach.[3]. Capacity, capability, grasp.[4]. Extent, extension, stretch, range, compass, distance, space, span, spread.[5]. [Rare.] Stratagem, ruse, fetch.
Typed by Allan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Extend, thrust, stretch, obtain, arrive_at, attain, gain, grasp, penetrate,strain, aim
ANT:Fail, stop, cease, revert, rebate, miss, drop
Editor: Robert
Definition
v.t. to stretch or extend: to attain or obtain by stretching out the hand: to hand over: to extend to: to arrive at: to get at: to gain.—v.i. to be extended: to mount up in quantity or number: to stretch out the hand: to try to obtain: to arrive.—n. act or power of reaching: extent of stretch: extent of force: penetration: artifice: contrivance: a straight portion of a stream between bends: (naut.) the distance traversed between tacks.—adj Reach′able within reach.—ns. Reach′er one who reaches; Reach′ing-post in rope-making a post fixed at the lower end of a rope-walk.—adjs Reach′less unattainable; Reach′-me-down ready-made.—Head reach the distance to windward traversed by a vessel while tacking.
Checked by Erwin
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.
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Examples
- With an area beneath, it was no mean feat to reach that window ledge and open that window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- During my journey I might dream, and with buoyant wings reach the summit of life's high edifice. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- My impatience to reach the church was so great that I could not remain inactive in the cottage while the clerk lit the lantern again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Let it be somewhere beyond reach; in some obscure life--or, better still, in some obscure death. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Christian, maul down the victuals from corner-cupboard if canst reach, man, and I'll draw a drap o' sommat to wet it with. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was already dark when we reached it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Will started up from his chair and reached his hat. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was while I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer's house, that the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And it was so delightful that this higher degree of sympathy should be reached through their interest in Lily Bart! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of April. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sherman reached Fayetteville on the 11th of March. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Carr's division was deployed on our right, Lawler's brigade forming his extreme right and reaching through these woods to the river above. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The purpose is to take care of the misdirected balls that roll off the bed before reaching the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We were occupying ceased to afford comfortable quarters; and further orders not reaching us, we began to look about to remedy the hardship. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Moving far to Sherman's right, he succeeded in reaching the railroad about Big Shanty, and moved north on it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- From this space it reaches the outer air by a valve at the bottom of the outer vessel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Massive, symmetrical and harmonious, its highest point reaches 307? feet above the plaza on the east. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For the same reason a burning match may be held without discomfort until the flame almost reaches the hand. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Really, it's like one of the reaches of the Nile--as one imagines the Nile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It reaches to every nation of Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Now it is attended from the day of its planting until it reaches the lips of the consumer by contrivances of consummate skill to fit it for its destined purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As it reaches its full size it _matures_, it begins to produce young, which are either born alive or hatched from eggs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Miranda