Definitions for the word "reach" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To retch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An effort to vomit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To understand; to comprehend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To overreach; to deceive.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
To stretch out the hand.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. i.
To strain after something; to make efforts.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. i.
To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. i.
To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. n.
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. n.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
21. n.
An artifice to obtain an advantage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
22. n.
The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
23. v.
1 (often foll. By out) stretch out, extend. 2 (often foll. By for) stretch out the hand etc.; make a stretch or effort. 3 get as far as. 4 get to or attain. 5 make contact with the hand etc., or by telephone etc. (could not be reached). 6 hand, pass (reach me that book). 7 take with an outstretched hand. 8 naut. Sail with the wind abeam or abaft the beam. n. 1 extent to which a hand etc. Can be reached out, influence exerted, motion carried out, or mental powers used. 2 act of reaching out. 3 continuous extent, esp. Of river between two bends or of canal between locks. 4 naut. Distance traversed in reaching. reachable adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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