Reach

Verb

 * 1) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
 * He reached for a weapon that was on the table.
 * He reached for his shoe with his legs.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) 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.
 * The gun was stored in a small box on a high closet shelf, but the boy managed to reach it by climbing on other boxes.
 * I can't quite reach the pepper, could you pass it to me?
 * 1) To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
 * 2) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
 * 3) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.
 * 4) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
 * In 3 years, he reached the position of manager.
 * 1) To understand; to comprehend.
 * I didn't reach what he was trying to tell me.
 * 1) To stretch out the hand.
 * 2) To strain after something; to make efforts.
 * Reach for your dreams.
 * 1)  To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past:, beyond:, above:, from: etc. something).
 * 2) * 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 4:
 * The Thembu tribe reaches back for twenty generations to King Zwide.

Derived terms

 * far-reaching
 * reachable
 * reach an early grave
 * reach for the stars
 * outreach
 * overreach
 * rereach

Noun

 * 1) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown.
 * The fruit is beyond my reach.
 * to be within reach of cannon shot
 * 1) * 1918,, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
 * ...and we have learned not to fire at any of the dinosaurs unless we can keep out of their reach for at least two minutes after hitting them in the brain or spine, or five minutes after puncturing their hearts--it takes them so long to die.
 * 1) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
 * 2) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
 * 3)  An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
 * To call George eloquent is certainly a reach.
 * 1)  The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3)  Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel.

Derived terms

 * arm's reach
 * beam reach
 * boardinghouse reach
 * broad reach
 * dry reach
 * earreach
 * eyereach
 * gunreach
 * reach-around
 * reachless

Adjectives for Reach
desolating; endless; sighing; automatic; utmost; extended; boundless; upper; illimitable; giddiest; naughty; sandy; vast; arid; easy; keen; timid; wistful; trackless.

Adverbs for Reach
promptly; simultaneously;  automatically; impulsively; conveniently; timidly; ultimately; rapturously; greedily; vainly; wistfully.

Thesaurus
accomplish, achieve, aesthetic distance, affect, ambit, amount, amount to, amplitude, answer, approach, approach anchorage, area, arm, armlet, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, arrive upon, assail the ear, attain, attain to, auditory range, avail, balance, bay, bayou, be equal to, be heard, be received, bear, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, belt, bight, bigness, blow in, bob up, boca, body, breadth, break even, bribe, buck, bulk, buy, buy off, caliber, capability, capacity, caress the ear, carry, carry to, carrying distance, check in, circulate, clearance, clip off, clock in, close with, come, come across with, come at, come in, come to, come to hand, come up to, come upon, communicate with, compass, contact, correspond, corrupt, cove, cover, coverage, creek, cut, deep space, degree, deliver, deliver over, depth, depths of space, diameter, diapason, dimension, dimensions, distance, distribute, ditto, divergence, do, do it, draw, earreach, earshot, encompass, environ, equal, establish connection, estuary, euripus, even, even off, expanse, expansion, extend, extend to, extension, extent, fall upon, farness, fetch, fetch up at, fill the bill, find, fix, fjord, fork over, forward, frith, fulfill, gain, gain a hearing, gamut, gauge, get, get across, get at, get by, get in, get there, get through to, get to, girth, give in, give out, give over, go, go aboard, go alongside, go around, go at, go out, go to, grade, grease, grease the palm, greatness, grieve, gulf, gut, hack it, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, harbor, hearing, height, hit, hit town, hit upon, hold, hold out, horizon, impress, infinity, influence, inlet, interrogate, interval, just do, keep pace with, ken, knot, kyle, largeness, lay aboard, lay for, lay in, lead to, leap, leeway, length, lengthiness, level, lie, lie in, light upon, light-years, linear measures, loch, long time, longitude, longness, magnitude, maintain connection, make, make advances, make an impression, make at, make contact with, make for, make it, make oneself heard, make overtures, make the grade, make up to, margin, mark, mass, match, match up with, measure, measure up to, measurement, meet, meet requirements, melt, melt the heart, mileage, mouth, move, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, notch, nuance, orbit, outreach, outstretch, overall length, parallel, parsecs, pas, pass, pass muster, pass out, pass over, pay off, peg, period, perpetuity, perspective, piece, pitch, pitch upon, plane, plateau, point, pop up, proportion, proportions, pull in, punch in, purchase, purview, put away for, put in, put into port, qualify, question, radius, raise, range, ratio, reach out, reach the ear, reach to, realize, register, register with, relate to, remoteness, remove, render, reply to, resign, respond to, ring in, rival, road, roads, roadstead, roll in, round, run, run abreast, run for, run to, rung, sadden, sail for, satisfy, scale, scope, score, separation, serve, serve the purpose, shade, shadow, shoot, show, show up, sign in, size, soften, sound, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stack up with, stair, stand, stand for, stand up, standard, steer toward, step, stick out, stint, stir, straddle, strait, straits, stretch, stretch away to, stretch out, stretch to, stride, strike upon, stumble on, stumble upon, suborn, suffice, surrender, surround, sway, sweep, take care of, take in, take it, tamper with, territory, thrust out, tickle the palm, tie, time in, touch, transfer, tread, turn over, turn up, volume, way, ways, width, win, work, yardage

Etymology
From ræcan:, from, from the. Cognate with Dutch reiken:, German reichen:.

Verb

 * Croatian: ,
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 * German: greifen nach, langen nach
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 * Japanese:
 * Romanian: extinde, alungi, prelungi, ,
 * Russian: тянуться, потянуться


 * Croatian:
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 * Japanese: 手渡す
 * Romanian:, prelungi, alungi, așterne
 * Russian: доставать, достать


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 * Russian: доставать, достать


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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 達する, 到達する
 * Romanian:, , nimeri


 * Finnish:
 * German: reichen bis


 * Japanese: 達する


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 * Arabic:
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 * German:
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 * Japanese: 達する, 到達する
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 * Japanese: 達する


 * Finnish:
 * German: ausstrecken


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 * : bereiken
 * : atingi
 * : atteindre
 * : erreichen
 * : elér
 * : ná
 * : atingar
 * : raggiungere, giungere
 * : 도착하다 (dochakhada)
 * : alcançar, atingir
 * : alcanzar
 * : uppnå
 * : చేరు
 * : చేరు

Noun

 * Finnish: ,


 * Japanese: 到達範囲


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 * Japanese: 到達範囲


 * Estonian: ulatus


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 * Spanish: alcance, influencia

Anagrams

 * acher
 * chear

Noun
reach


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