To reach is to stretch toward something, arrive at a destination, or contact someone. You might reach for a bottle of water after you reach the finish line, then reach out to a friend who can give you a ride home.
An effort to vomit.
Noun
the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in t
Noun
the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
Noun
the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
Verb
be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
Verb
to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
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
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"
Verb
to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
Verb
to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
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.
Reach
Reach
Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten.
Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs.2.
He reached me a full cap.3.
O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the beast.4.
If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine.6.
Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame.7.
The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality.9.
Do what, sir? I reach you not.10.
Reach
Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!2.
Reaching above our nature does no good.3.
And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.
The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.4.
He would be in the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity.
Reach
Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended.
Be sure yourself and your own reach to know.3.
And on the left hand, hell, With long reach, interposed.
I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion.4.
The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.5.
The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design.6.
An effort to vomit.
To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
To stretch out the hand.
The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown;
Usage Examples
Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things.
All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side.
Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.
Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.
A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.
Diabetes is a disease that's had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnd out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.
Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose.
America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.
America's strength is not our diversity our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.
All this technology has not changed the way NFL Films does business and our process. Yes, with one touch of a button now you reach millions of people but it is still the same approach that my father and I started out with.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.
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