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.

Inputed by Claude

Examples

Typist: Miranda

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