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REACH
reach, reaching, stretch
(noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
(noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: “the range of a supersonic jet”; “a piano has a greater range than the human voice”; “the ambit of municipal legislation”; “within the compass of this article”; “within the scope of an investigation”; “outside the reach of the law”; “in the political orbit of a world power”
compass, range, reach, grasp
(noun) the limit of capability; “within the compass of education”
range, reach
(noun) the limits within which something can be effective; “range of motion”; “he was beyond the reach of their fire”
reach, get through, get hold of, contact
(verb) be in or establish communication with; “Our advertisements reach millions”; “He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia”
strive, reach, strain
(verb) to exert much effort or energy; “straining our ears to hear”
reach, reach out
(verb) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; “Government reaches out to the people”
reach, hit, attain
(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”
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
(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”
reach, make, get to, progress to
(verb) reach a goal; “make the first team”; “We made it!”; “She may not make the grade”
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
(verb) place into the hands or custody of; “hand me the spoon, please”; “Turn the files over to me, please”; “He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers”
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
(verb) to gain with effort; “she achieved her goal despite setbacks”
reach, extend to, touch
(verb) to extend as far as; “The sunlight reached the wall”; “Can he reach?”; “The chair must not touch the wall”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
REACH
Acronym of Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals.
Anagrams
• Arche, acher, chare, chear, rache
Etymology
Verb
reach (third-person singular simple present reaches, present participle reaching, simple past and past participle reached)
(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
(intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
(transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
(intransitive) To strike or touch with a missile.
(transitive) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
(transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
(transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
(transitive, figurative) To make contact with.
Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get in touch
(transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
(intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
(transitive) To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
(obsolete) To understand; to comprehend.
(obsolete) To overreach; to deceive.
To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
(intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
(nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.
Usage notes
• In the past, raught, rought and retcht could be found as past tense forms; these are now obsolete, except perhaps in some dialects.
Noun
reach (plural reaches)
The act of stretching or extending; extension.
The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
(informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
(boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
(nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
(nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
(nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
An extended portion or area of land or water.
(obsolete) An article to obtain an advantage.
The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
An effort to vomit; a retching.
Anagrams
• Arche, acher, chare, chear, rache
Source: Wiktionary
Reach, n.
Definition: An effort to vomit. [R.]
Reach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaching.] Etym: [OE. rechen, AS. ræcan, ræcean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. rice powerful, rich, E. rich. sq. root115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten. Rom. of R. Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27. Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs. Milton.
2. 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. He reached me a full cap. 2 Esd. xiv. 39.
3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too 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. O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the beast. Dryden.
4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as. If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. Locke.
6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. Milton.
7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to. The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. Cheyne.
9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.] Do what, sir I reach you not. Beau. & Fl.
10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] South.
Reach, v. t.
1. To stretch out the hand. Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! Milton.
2. To strain after something; to make efforts. Reaching above our nature does no good. Dryden.
3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something. And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Gen. xxviii. 12. The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone. Boyle.
4. (Naut.)
Definition: To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the ind nearly abeam. To reach after or at, to make efforts to attain to or obtain. He would be in the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity. Locke.
Reach, n.
1. 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.
2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. Hayward. Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. Pope.
3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. And on the left hand, hell, With long reach, interposed. Milton. I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion. Shak.
4. 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. "The river's wooded reach." Tennyson. The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches. Holland.
5. An article to obtain an advantage. The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design. Bacon.
6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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