reach

[[t]ritʃ[/t]]

v. t.

1) to get to or as far as; arrive at:

The boat reached the shore[/ex]

2) to succeed in touching or seizing, as with an outstretched hand or a pole:

to reach a book on a high shelf[/ex]

3) to take and convey or pass along:

Will you reach me the fork?[/ex]

4) to stretch or hold out; extend:

reaching out a hand in greeting[/ex]

5) to stretch or extend so as to touch or meet:

The bookcase reaches the ceiling[/ex]

6) to establish communication with:

I called but couldn't reach you[/ex]

7) to amount to:

The cost will reach millions[/ex]

8) to carry to; penetrate to:

The noise reached our ears[/ex]

9) to succeed in influencing, impressing, rousing, etc

10) to make a stretch, as with the hand or arm

11) to become outstretched, as the hand or arm

12) to make a movement or effort as if to touch or seize something:

to reach for a gun[/ex]

13) to extend, as in operation, effect, direction, length, or distance

14) to carry or penetrate:

as far as the eye could reach[/ex]

15) navig.

a) naut. navig. to sail on a reach

b) naut. navig. to sail with the wind forward of the beam but so as not to require sailing close-hauled

16) an act or instance of reaching

17) the extent or distance of reaching

18) range of effective action, power, or capacity

19) Usu., reaches. level, rank, or stratum

20) a continuous stretch or extent of something, as of land or a river

21) navig. (in sailing) a tack in which the wind is either a few compass points forward or abaft the beam

22) trs (on a wagon) a pole connecting the rear axle with the forward support

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME rechen, OE rǣcan reach′a•ble, adj. reach′er, n.